Responsibility??..at what age??

[sistuhchey]

Did you take working serious???

I ask this because...i know several...that will call in at the drop of a dime...including my daughter...she was blessed w/ this job..it literally was handed to her...her skills, education & personailty..where a big plus in getting it...but dayyyyuuummm this heffa has only been working since June...and she's missed..5 days..since starting...Malcolm had a fever, Malcolm's 1st day at day care, Malcolm had a doctor appointment, ohhh..and know she has the sniffles...WTF....

I worked thru migrains, bladder infections, doctor appointments, hang-overs,deaths/funerals missed...I rarely get colds..... bronchitotis has beat a sister down...and i couldn't work.......yes, I will take a mental health day a month if I see fit ...and have the time on the books...or in this case dealing w/ my sister..I instantly went to her.....

but all this fly/by night I can't work is for the birds.......

[aintnojoke]

I lost some very good jobs with that attitude, while in my 20's. I was young and stupid not knowing that value of working cause I lived at home.

Since having my son, I must work. Not having a job isn't an option. I only miss days when necessary. I also take one every other month to get some rest from the stupidity of keeblers.

[Juicey1]

This is what I try to tell my daughter. She don't want to go to work because she got the cramps. Hell, I have worked through cramps, a headache, the sniffles, etc.
I would call in when necessary. I tried to save the days I was off for when my kids got sick. That was when they were little.

Now, I will take a mental health day, but its not all the time. I don't stay home for cramps or a headache, I take two advil and keep on going.

I told her she better learn how to work through pain or she would never have a job.

[mystkev]

I have taken work seriously since my first job at 18. I remember getting strep throat & not wanting to call in sick. I need money, I don't have time to be fucking around.

[sistuhchey]

I have taken work seriously since my first job at 18. I remember getting strep throat & not wanting to call in sick. I need money, I don't have time to be fucking around.




I know there's other responsible young adults out there...I just hate hearing wimpy-ass stories...even from my own daughter:blast ...yeaaaaaa...I popped a cap in that azz....gave her the ole'...family words....

If your looking for "sympathy" look in the dictionary between shit & syphllis...

[ERinger]

I've taken work seriously since my first out of high school job. I like having my own money and not having to borrow from my mom. Since my first "bill" I've always felt the need to work and be serious about my independence.

[HulaSista]

workaholic checking in

at some jobs, i was comfy enough where coming into work was easy, so i didn't mind working through 'pain'.

some jobs, i had this strange fear that someone was gonna cut throat me if i don't show up for work, so, though i don't want to go, i go, pain or no pain.

i need to cut it out though... i'm so bad, i am afraid to ask for time off for dr appts and dental appts

[Tastey]

I take my job seriously as a single parent I don't have a choice. If I don't work we don't eat.

But I'll be damned if I'm going to die sitting at work trying to hang onto a job at the risk of my health. I almost had a stroke doing that shyt. My eyes were bloodshot and I just kept going to work (finally went to the doctor on my day off found out I could have stroked out any minute)

Another time I had bronchitis while at work, ended up having to leave by ambulance I got so sick.

Do I have EITHER of those jobs now?

Hell no because the fact of the matter is they don't give a damn if you work yourself to death. They will hire someone else to replace you.

Folks who come in sick are the reason the whole office ends up sick.

That's has nothing to do with taking your job seriously in my opinion.

No don't call in for a hang nail but if you sick you need to keep your damn ass at home and quit infecting the rest of us.

If your child is sick, keep their ass at home and quit spreading that shyt through the whole school.

Now my motto is my health and my child comes BEFORE any job. If they don't understand that people get sick and can't be there...FUGG EM. I'll get another job just like I got that one.

It's not worth my life.

[sistuhchey]

in my daughters case....this heffa needs to "man-up"...and get it right...I'm a firm believer in family first...and by saying that...one should know their limitations. and I know germs spread via day care...but having a strong constitution means handling shit and not letting it get the best of you.(proactive) for the sake of your family.

for about a year I worked this contract before they hired me w/ benefits..don't think I didn't tell those sick mofo's to stay away..while spraying lysol...I didn't have the luxury nor could i afford to be sick..so they needed to back-up...

all i want is for my daughter to have the same tenacity..and leave the booty-lame excuses for some weak mofo...

[missbuttabutt]

I was working temp jobs since the age of 16, so I had a taste of what 'real world employment' was early on. I was on a temp schedule which meant that I only got paid when I worked and there were days when I would be like "I need to get my eyebrows done and I have mad errands to run today, I'm calling out" and that was OK for that time frame.

Once I got my first full-time job, I cut that out. I was a workaholic at about 21 and I realized I was going to send myself into an early grave. I work hard, but I'm not killing myself for a paycheck.