Completely unrelated to this forum but I had a workplace experience I must share.
As some may know about me, I run a small business of about 15 employees. Since the time I first came to this business in 1992, I've heard a lot of calls requesting an excused absence but never one quite like this.
This relatively new employee had worked for me for the last several months. Her attendance had deteriorated in the last month or so as she'd been missing work on a weekly basis for one reason or another. Yesterday, I came into work to find a message from her on our company voicemail left at 4:30 AM.
She announced she wouldn't be coming into work because "some stuff came up".
Seriously, that was it.
"Some stuff came up".
Here I am thinking, "that's fine ...when you're calling off an RSVP for someone's party. But for a job, that's not sufficient."
When I spoke with her and her supervisor about the event and her attendance problem, she angrily stormed out of the meeting and quit.
I'm still just amazed at all this. My wife seems to think it's a generational issue, that young adults in America today are spoiled and full of a sense of entitlement. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
As some may know about me, I run a small business of about 15 employees. Since the time I first came to this business in 1992, I've heard a lot of calls requesting an excused absence but never one quite like this.
This relatively new employee had worked for me for the last several months. Her attendance had deteriorated in the last month or so as she'd been missing work on a weekly basis for one reason or another. Yesterday, I came into work to find a message from her on our company voicemail left at 4:30 AM.
She announced she wouldn't be coming into work because "some stuff came up".
Seriously, that was it.
"Some stuff came up".
Here I am thinking, "that's fine ...when you're calling off an RSVP for someone's party. But for a job, that's not sufficient."
When I spoke with her and her supervisor about the event and her attendance problem, she angrily stormed out of the meeting and quit.
I'm still just amazed at all this. My wife seems to think it's a generational issue, that young adults in America today are spoiled and full of a sense of entitlement. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
