People are willing to go to great lengths to support their beloved sports teams—one person even lost his job for it.
A Los Angeles Dodgers fan claims he was fired after being spotted at the team’s World Series victory parade after calling in sick for work.
Another case of FAFO.
ReplyDeleteThat sort-of happened to me, but I didn't get fired. I called out from National Guard duty to attend a Redskins playoff game at RFK. I didn't know that the First Sargent had planned a little watch party. Everyone in the detachment watched the game in the break room and a couple guys spotted me since our seats were 5th row, 45yard line behind the Washington bench. They didn't snitch me out, but I was nervous for a while.
ReplyDeleteNever did get the organized sports thing. People love one team and hate the rest. They want them bad ol teams to go away. Well, if the teams ya hate went away, who to hell would your team play? I also think we are not far from the Colosseum of old.
ReplyDeleteShould have gotten and used FMLA.
ReplyDeleteLarge companies I've worked for now lump everything into paid-time-off, PTO. Nobody needs to lie about anything, and nobody will challenge it. Just email or voice mail that you are out for the day, and you have discharged your responsibility.
ReplyDeleteIf they had to close the business because 1 person didn't show, they're not being paid enough. If they're being paid enough, they wouldn't want to skip work. If they can fire someone for skipping work 1 day, that person isn't important. Why did they have to close the biz that day?
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