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Coworker who constantly has a "death in the family"
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:08 pm
Anybody ever work with one of these? I have a co-worker now who I swear every 2-3 weeks has some "tragedy" she has to miss a couple days of work for. One week it's her cousin passed away, next her husband got in a car wreck, then it's her kid broke his arm in football, then her dad passes away, then she has the flu, then her best friend is in a coma...on and on.
I have no clue if she's full of shite or not. Maybe it's all true, but it just starts to seem unlikely that tragedy can occur on such a regular basis to the same person during the work week. Especially since most of these tend to pop up when we are the busiest. It's just aggravating because everyone else in the office has to pick up that person's slack, but nobody is going to risk calling her out on it and risk being the biggest dick in the office if you're wrong.
Anybody ever have one of these co-workers get exposed, or caught somewhere else when they said they'd be at a funeral or something? At what point would you have to fire somebody for this if you were the boss?
I have no clue if she's full of shite or not. Maybe it's all true, but it just starts to seem unlikely that tragedy can occur on such a regular basis to the same person during the work week. Especially since most of these tend to pop up when we are the busiest. It's just aggravating because everyone else in the office has to pick up that person's slack, but nobody is going to risk calling her out on it and risk being the biggest dick in the office if you're wrong.
Anybody ever have one of these co-workers get exposed, or caught somewhere else when they said they'd be at a funeral or something? At what point would you have to fire somebody for this if you were the boss?
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Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:10 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Make them bring in the obituary for an "excused" absence from work. This is what my college professor did to me when I missed a final one year for a death.
This post was edited on 11/28/16 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:10 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Pics?
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:11 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Check the obituaries 
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:11 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Are you the boss? If not, mind your own business and just do your job.
I have a bigger problem with petty coworkers trying to get in everyone else's business rather than just keeping their head down and focusing that energy on the job.
I have a bigger problem with petty coworkers trying to get in everyone else's business rather than just keeping their head down and focusing that energy on the job.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:11 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
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Heres your problem right here
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:11 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
It's drugs dude.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:12 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Deaths are fairly easy to confirm online.
Watched a secretary get fired years ago for lying about her dad dying.
Used it as an excuse. VP wanted to send flowers - she wouldn't answer her phone. Someone tracked her mom down and her dad hadn't been heard from since she was in high school. Turns out she went to the beach with a guy she had met the week before.
It was ugly.
Watched a secretary get fired years ago for lying about her dad dying.
Used it as an excuse. VP wanted to send flowers - she wouldn't answer her phone. Someone tracked her mom down and her dad hadn't been heard from since she was in high school. Turns out she went to the beach with a guy she had met the week before.
It was ugly.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:12 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
one lady that used to work for me would miss work all the time for a "sick kid"
my comment was - can your husband not take care of the sick kid every once in a while?
my comment was - can your husband not take care of the sick kid every once in a while?
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:13 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Firing a person that's desperate enough for a day off to kill their family member on multiple occasions?
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:13 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Kind of off topic, but useful tip for the kind of person you're describing: anytime you get a flat tire, go visit someone in the hospital, go to a funeral, etc., take a picture.
This way whenever you want to fake something like that later for work, you can send your boss a confirmation photo to show you're not bullshitting.
This way whenever you want to fake something like that later for work, you can send your boss a confirmation photo to show you're not bullshitting.
This post was edited on 11/28/16 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:14 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
If you are a coworker stop acting like a bitch and suck it up
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:14 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
I had a span of a month where I had to go to 2 funerals and got pneumonia. People thought I was making it up because it was my second month on the job.
People just have bad luck sometimes. If it doesn't stop (and if you are the boss) ask for proof.
People just have bad luck sometimes. If it doesn't stop (and if you are the boss) ask for proof.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:15 pm to LucasP
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This way whenever you want to fake something like that later for work, you can send your boss a confirmation photo to show you're not bullshitting.
Make sure the boss doesn't know what metadata is first.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:19 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
quote:
Ed Rooney: Uh, yeah, sure, no I'd be happy to, yeah you, uh, you you just produce a corpse, and uh, I'll release Sloane. I wanna see this dead grandmother first hand.
Grace: Ed?
Cameron: I'm sorry, Ed, did you say you wanted to see a body?
Ed Rooney: Yeah, that's right, just, uh, roll her old bones on over here, and I'll dig up your daughter. You know that's school policy.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:19 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
I would err on the side of caution and assume it is, more or less, true. For some people, when it rains it pours, and at least where I work HR or supervisors are not to go into detail why a person is off of work. I say this because in the past I've had long streaks of shite just not going right.
If they are not being truthful, it will catch up with them eventually and it will be handled. Don't worry and let karma do its thing.
If they are not being truthful, it will catch up with them eventually and it will be handled. Don't worry and let karma do its thing.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:21 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Sounds like you're jelly that dude has a big family that he is actually close to
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:24 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
sounds like a terrible employee why not just get rid of her? The rest of the office probably think she is worthless also
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:26 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
Reason #347 why I don't want to be a mid level manager
Posted on 11/28/16 at 2:26 pm to Neauxla_Tiger
it was me at one time. had 4 immediate family member die in 2 years.
a-hole.
a-hole.
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