re: People that use their kids as an excuse for not completing work obligations

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I think Jones taking off at 2 to help put some Hooter's waitress through school is legitimate as well.

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Yep


Someone takes PTO? Great, IDC. They earned that. I'll take PTO whenever I want to also.

It's weird to me that people glorify sitting at a desk for 40hrs a week while the average office working only actually works for 3 hours a day.

If you're on a team in a call center or some other front line teams where part of your job is to be at the beck-and-call of customers or employees, then fine. Different scenario, and your cutting out very obviously hurts coworkers. But most things that come across a professional's desk can wait and things can be done in a reasonable time frame.