I had a guy call me one evening and wanted the rest of the week off cause his mother in law had died. And that was fine, but apparently he forgot 3 weeks prior he needed a few days off...CAUSE HIS MOTHER IN LAW DIED! :whistling
Hadn't seen him since. :laughing:
I had a guy call me one evening and wanted the rest of the week off cause his mother in law had died. And that was fine, but apparently he forgot 3 weeks prior he needed a few days off...CAUSE HIS MOTHER IN LAW DIED! :whistling
Hadn't seen him since. :laughing:
My mom made the pancakes too big (late)
Reached into medicine cabinet and grabbed flea dip instead of cough medicine. Spent an hour on the phone with poison control. (late) This one had to be true. You just can't make up stuff Luke that.
Well, chit happensAfter this one I stopped paying attention to excuses because NOTHING beats this one. From our laborer at the time "I won't be in today, I was driving to work and chit my pants, I thought it was just a fart".
We couldn't stop laughing.
We don't even ask for reasons anymore. We tell everyone who comes onboard that you're a grownup, things happen sometimes and we understand that, but:
1) No-call/no-shows are grounds for immediate dismissal and
2) If you're late more than I am, you're outta here.
It seems harsh, but it weeds out the BS'rs and the just plain lazy. And I enforce it, too. Not just lip service. We all meet up and ride together, so if some knucklehead is late 10 minutes every day, they're costing 2-4 other guys that ten minutes. Nobody gets paid to sit in my driveway.