How Dare I be sick! (Subway Edition)

[cinema guy]

Um, I've been to a Subway that was out of bread. That's ridiculous.

And I've been to a Burger King that was out of burgers. So I guess it was a Burger Pawn.

[Imogene]

Ooh, does that mean more time spent on CS telling us stories?

No, probably not... the more you spend shut into your house, or apartment, the less NEW stories you can experience and pass along.

[Fryk]

I guess he would rather of had me prancing around the sandwich line farting rainbows out of my butthole.

I am curious, from what other bodypart would you fart anything?

[TheTigress]

I am curious, from what other bodypart would you fart anything?

I have very special tear ducts.

[Digitalpotato]

And ears. :P You think that's just Tinnitus?

[tropicsgoddess]

What an ass. Seriously, who spit in his coffee?!

[Mike Taylor]

Unfortunately in most states here you are an at will employee and can and will be fired for not showing up to work.

This is incorrect. So long as you call in, they have no grounds for terminating you (unless you go out of your way to make a habit of it). In most cases, you do need a doctor's excuse before you can report back to work if you are sick for two or more consecutive days. If you're a full-timer, you get paid sick time at most retail jobs. If you're a part-timer, you're kinda screwed on that end.

[jackfaire]

This is incorrect. So long as you call in, they have no grounds for terminating you

At will means that while yes they may end up having to pay unemployment they dont' have to have grounds for terminating you I have seen companies let someone go because they dared to call in sick and someone who will come into work sick is eager for the job.

[Andara Bledin]

At will means that as long as they don't give a reason that is specifically prohibited as grounds for firing someone, they can fire you for any reason at all.

My workplace tends to wait for legitimate reasons to let people go, but there have been firings for nothing more than that the person "didn't mesh with the team" as it were.

^-.-^

[Lace Neil Singer]

I can take sick days, but unless I get a doctor's note, they are unpaid and taking too many earns you a telling off. So if I'm ill, I'll come into work. There's also the fact that I can't afford to have my heating on at home right now and at work I can crank it up.

[TheTigress]

UPDATE!

So I get back to work today and I found out from Manager that Mr. Douchebag ended up calling the health department on the store and they showed up. He tried to lie and say that I was coughing in his sandwiches and that I was wiping my nose on my gloves. Luckily Manager believed me when I said how much of a liar that guy was. She just told me next time to call in even if I have a cold because everyone is so paranoid about Swine flu nowadays.

[Parts_Drone]

Subway eh? Man I could never work that kind of job after my past experiences in retail. If a customer ever acts like a total DB we have the option of telling them where to go, which is the way it should be, but unfortunately not everyone has that option becauce most corporations always take the flawed view that the "customers always right". Thankfully my overseers usually give me the benefit of the doubt.

[alogram]

If you're a full-timer, you get paid sick time at most retail jobs.

Um, no. I have had more than one full time job that did not offer sick time....I do NOT think this is the norm at all, unfortunately.

[Dips]

Um, no. I have had more than one full time job that did not offer sick time....I do NOT think this is the norm at all, unfortunately.

This is the fifth fratching post after the mod warning.

The others were deleted.

We're getting tired of deleting them.

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