I disagree with this statement.
Medicine is not an exact science.
Conditions change and life moves in a forward direction.
I will give you a couple of "WHAT IF's".
What if the medical team determines this appointment moved from routine appointment to that discussing "endlife care" for his daughter.
What if the mother was sick and could not make the appointment...
What if he started feeling guilt because he missed appointments...
What if his daughter was throwing tantrum's and needed her daddy...
What if the doctor called and said that he needs to see mom and dad...
I don't want an employee working when the body is on the job but the mind is at the appointment.
I don't agree with FMLA abusers, but don't feel it's my place to intervene as earlier suggested.
I think the real disconnect between managers like brownIEman and hourly employees like ourselves is contained within the job.
Managers subject themselves to a life of servitutude to a greater degree than we do as unionized hourly employees.
Their duties and hours of service are not defined, and in the process they become irritated when we do not endure these same lack of parameters.
I recently had the occasion to call off for a day, for only the second time in a year and a half.
My supe informed me when I made the call that he he couldn't give me the day off.
It was hard not to laugh, when I heard the anger in his voice, as I told him I wasn't asking and refused to tell him why I wasn't coming in.
In the end, I don't make the rules and neither do any of the managers I know by name.
Conversely, I don't break the rules and neither do....