When the wife of someone I worked for miscarried, he was out for two days. I took the liberty of putting him down for two sick days and pointed it out to our boss. He didn't bat an eyelash.
...Chippie said he notified his employer on Feb. 13 that he would not be able to finish his weekly route because he had just learned his wife had between two days and a week to live. He went to Kathleen Chippie's bedside at a hospice that day.
...(H)his boss demanded that he show up at work the next day. He said he was fired when he said he couldn't...Three days after that, Kathleen Chippie died...
THREE DAYS???? That isn't even a full business week! I thought he was out for THREE MONTHS, and even then the company could have given him an unpaid leave and replaced him with a temp. I suppose now they expect the widower Chippie to be as forgiving as compassionate as they were.
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