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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so damn sick of federal workers expecting to have everything handed to them along with being paid a shit ton of money that they don’t deserve so they can stay home with their kids. Do you realize your privilege? It’s disgusting. You’re all a bunch of lazy idiots. [/quote]

It’s not a federal worker thing, it’s an entitled parent thing. It got much worse since the pandemic where businesses allowed leniency when  daycares and schools closed for the pandemic. Parents of certain kids want that leniency to continue, and that is not a reasonable expectation.

Interestingly it’s primarily white collar professionals who seem to want this leniency. I don’t think many would support means (through higher taxes or higher costs on good and services) for the same type of policy to exist for lower income, hourly wage employees. They would instead probably complain that the grocery store or Starbucks is short staffed on a snow day.

I know it’s not fun to burn leave on these things. I did it for years and years pre-pandemic when telework wasn’t an option and school closures meant you were actually choosing between taking leave and leaving kids at home for several hours. [/quote]

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