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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People will blame “but I had to go to work!”

Nope. You chose to have kids. Kids get sick. Have a plan. Have a backup. Hell, have two. A job is no excuse to be a self-centered jerk.[/quote]

Single moms who fear staying home from work means losing their jobs, without which they can't pay rent or put food on the table, are not self-centered jerks.  Your position is very privileged and out of touch with many Americans. [/quote]

Not PP. don’t hide behind single moms and low paid wage workers. You’re not one of them. You probably work from home.[/quote]
Lets not argue. I was the poor low wage worker, illegal for over a decade. I didn't sent my kid to school sick because I worked nights and weekend.There were few other times I had to find last minute sitter in order not to get fired.
It wasn't about not making money that day. Extra shift are almost always available to low income workers. What some of you don't see, is what an employer does to a person who doesn't show up to work even though they have a reason. The employer doesn't care what your reason is. Mine was particular harsh on women even though we were the hardest workers.
They cut your hours, cut your pay, came up with new duties. It was also the mental games the employer played. Mine screamed every night at closing what bleeding b--tches women are. 
I have thrown up in the bathroom every 30 minutes and continued to make the drinks. It was expected even though we usually had plenty of people to cover a person. Since the boss didn't even pay the $2.17-$2.77 an hour, he wanted more of us there.
Doctor told my co-worker to quit her job asap or she was going to have a heart-attack.
We were reminded constantly how grateful we should be to have jobs. I stayed way too long as I had been homeless before. This seemed like a better option. I don't think about the homelessness and how scary it was, I think about the mistreatment at that bar.
By the way, he wasn't even the only bad boss I had.
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