Dear Diary, someone else was cross with me today. COULD REVENGE BE IN MY FUTURE??
Wait, I'm confused. Are you looking to GET REVENGE, or are you LIVING IN FEAR of it?
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 28: For the Safety of Puppies...and Christmas!
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EpicTangent - Jan 23, 2006 3:21:34 pm PST #5939 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
billytea - Jan 23, 2006 3:22:14 pm PST #5940 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wait, I'm confused. Are you looking to GET REVENGE, or are you LIVING IN FEAR of it?
Only my diary knows for sure.
Aims - Jan 23, 2006 3:22:28 pm PST #5941 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
tries not to freaking explode
If I want (which I do) to go home for grandma's funeral, I have to use vacation days. They won't let me use bereavement. And I am not allowed to take it unpaid.
They don't want to set a "great-grandparent" prescedent.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 23, 2006 3:24:08 pm PST #5942 of 10001
What is even happening?
Aimee, I'm so sorry for your loss.
If I want (which I do) to go home for grandma's funeral, I have to use vacation days. They won't let me use bereavement. And I am not allowed to take it unpaid.Grandparents (or greats) aren't under their bereavement definition? Oh, ass 'em. Ass 'em in the ear.
How big of a dork am I that Cindy's link had me wanting to look up Anne Shirley...and Marilla...and Matthew?Big enough to be my very favorite kind of dork.
Aims - Jan 23, 2006 3:24:56 pm PST #5943 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Grandparent's, yes. Great-grandparent's, no.
brenda m - Jan 23, 2006 3:26:32 pm PST #5944 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've never heard of bereavement time. Does it count as a sick day or something?
Topic!Cindy - Jan 23, 2006 3:27:17 pm PST #5945 of 10001
What is even happening?
WTF, that's clearly because most people don't have their greats. What a bunch of schmucks. Is there someone more reasonable to whom you can appeal. Clearly, this is because of their chosen wording, and someone interpreting it while suffering rectal-cranial inversion.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 23, 2006 3:29:27 pm PST #5946 of 10001
What is even happening?
I've never heard of bereavement time. Does it count as a sick day or something?
Some companies have bereavement days so that you don't have to take either vacation or sick, if you lose a loved one. There usually are restrictions as to who counts, but they're also generally left open to interpretation. Scott's boss gave him bereavement time for my grandmother, when Scott and I were only dating, whereas my old boss wouldn't have given time for an aunt or uncle (I think it was a parents/spouse/children/siblings policy on paper).
EpicTangent - Jan 23, 2006 3:31:01 pm PST #5947 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Only my diary knows for sure.
I both cower in fear and rub my hands together as I cackle with maniacal glee, then!
Aimee, the hell? That is friggin' ridiculous! I am furious on your behalf. Is there some higher up you can appeal to? (This is reminding me of the fight my mother had for her step-father's funeral. They didn't want to let her use bereavement 'cuz step, but he basically raised her, as her dad died before she was a year old. She did get the time, just had a bigger pain in the ass than someone who's grieving should have to put up with). I'm sorry they're doing this to you.
Cass - Jan 23, 2006 3:31:38 pm PST #5948 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
If I want (which I do) to go home for grandma's funeral, I have to use vacation days. They won't let me use bereavement. And I am not allowed to take it unpaid.That sucks. I am sorry that they are making it difficult for you to attend the funeral.
I know that places I have worked have specified parents, grands, siblings, children and maybe grandchildren for bereavement. I suppose they don't want people saying that their fourth cousin Jinny recently passed away and they need a week off.
Corporations don't really like to take actual human feelings into account. Harder to balance the sheets when there are vaguaries.