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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes you do things because it is the right thing--even if you don't want to do it. You do it because it is the mature thing, the compassionate thing, the respectful thing. It isn't always about you. In this case, it would have been for his mom. Sad that some many on this board only think only of themselves.[/quote]

Ridiculous, because the son did not say "i don't want to go" or "I don't care." He said he can't get excused from work [b]so soon after his previous absence[/b]. And there is absolutely no credible evidence that he is somehow making this up. This is a mature person who takes his responsibilities seriously -- not someone who thinks only of himself. What if his boss orcoworkers were posting that every week in a row, some kid needed leave for [b]some lousy excuse like his grandmother's funeral [/b]-- the week after he went on vacation? You would eat him for lunch![/quote]

First of all, HE did not say he couldn't get off so soon after his last absence.  People in the thread are simply speculating that.

And second-- for real?  His grandmother's funeral is a "lousy excuse?"

Any employer who doesn't let his employee an afternoon off work to go to his grandparent's funeral is a straight-up asshole that I wouldn't want to work for, anyway.  [b]And I can't imagine that this 21 year old is so indispensable at his job that he can't get a day off to go to a funeral.[/b]  [/quote]

No kidding. +1

Funerals are ALWAYS unplanned which means they are sometimes really inconvenient. Employers understand that. I've never had an employer who would have fired me for taking time off for a funeral or even a lesser emergency EVEN IF it was right after a week-long vacation. These things happen, and good bosses know this. They understand that Grandma couldn't plan her death in a way to please all of her relatives' employers. And I'm talking about every job I've had from restaurant and retail to professional. Now, if this is the kid's 5th grandmother to die in the past year, yeah maybe the employer would fire him for taking too much time off work (or for making up stories). But if he's an otherwise upstanding employee, there's no reason he should worry about being fired. [/quote]

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