Reply to: Requests for Compassionate leave

[wobbegong]

A dog is man's best friend.

A cat is man's slightly weird, obnoxious flatmate that looks down it's nose at you and then steals all your food.

Cats are just gay dogs.

[tractor]

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Cats are selfish evil little fookers.


They would make great IT contractors if they could type.

I had cat that could type.

He was such a lazy little tulip he would hit the paws button and eat the mouse.

[Aman]

Ex line manager: "I have to go off to my mother's funeral, I'll be back in about an hour and a half to two hours"

[Troll]

Am not getting this? Why would a contractor need compassionate leave? They go when they want (with agreement from client ofc) and don't get paid for it?
Why would they expect to get paid for not working?

Or is this just a troll post for some humour and jolly japes in General and has no factual content whatsoever which has completely passed me by??

NLUK you are being too literal in your interpretation of the words "compassionate leave" and I suspect applying a permie flavour that isn't there
Think of these more along the lines of the contractors were already on the premises and wanted to leave early because their budgies died etc

The clues are contained within the lines

she doesn't feel up to working the rest of the day

but wanted to go home anyway

HTH

More "true tales from the workplace"™ by troll

[NotAllThere]

No - it's normal. Spouses have rights that girlfriends/boyfriends don't.

[d000hg]

They may get married now so he will be the son-in-law.

Get married only after finding one is about to die? Bizarre. Or a rather gruesome ploy to get in the will.

[SueEllen]

To be fair... he had been doing the daughter for some time

They may get married now so he will be the son-in-law.

[Troll]

It wasn't the son-in-law, just the guy who was doing his daughter.

To be fair... he had been doing the daughter for some time

[northernladuk]

Am not getting this? Why would a contractor need compassionate leave? They go when they want (with agreement from client ofc) and don't get paid for it?
Why would they expect to get paid for not working?

Or is this just a troll post for some humour and jolly japes in General and has no factual content whatsoever which has completely passed me by??

[d000hg]

I must admit the guy with the son in law who had terminal cancer would have been OK to go home in my book.

It wasn't the son-in-law, just the guy who was doing his daughter.

[Troll]

I must admit the guy with the son in law who had terminal cancer would have been OK to go home in my book.

Russ - you have to learn to read the specifications better..
Daughters boyfriend, not son in law

[TheFaQQer]

It's the Guinea pigs that are truly evil.

Safe - she's not been around for a couple of weeks

[PRC1964]

It's the Guinea pigs that are truly tasty.

A few (about 15) years ago I wrote a system for employees to check in/out at work. At the client's request it had an option to give a reason for absence to be filled in by the manager. It included options for "Grandmother died", "Other Grandmother died" and "Yet another Grandmother died".

[MarillionFan]

Don't let Zippy or Norrahe hear you say that!

It's the Guinea pigs that are truly evil.

[russell]

I must admit the guy with the son in law who had terminal cancer would have been OK to go home in my book.