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The Miracle Chute, And Other Stories

posted by [personal profile] selkie at 02:57pm on 12/12/2006
So I have now blown two sick days on being sick, which pisses me off no end. It's not just that our organizational culture sort of precludes anything so hedonistic as taking forty-eight extra hours away from the workplace just for something silly like a high fever, it's that I was supposed to fill out my health insurance paperwork today, and that I hate feeling behind.

But there have been good things.

3. Discovering that Greg is the Prophet to the Kitty Diaspora, and this is clearly the cause of much of his angst, as how can you be a very good kitty prophet and spread the warning of doom!!! when you're not even an indoor/outdoor kitty, but a front-declawed apartment kind of guy?

2. The Miracle Chute at the post office. This is a 24/7 (!!) kiosk that takes debit cards, spits postage labels of any kind back at you in return, and is adjoined by a large package deposit chute that allows you to leave your addressed, post-paid package for the delivery fairies.

1. My wife made me matzo ball soup last night. AFTER work.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 11:40pm on 12/12/2006
*blinks* Wait, they want you to go into work with a fever? That seems counterproductive.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 11:43pm on 12/12/2006
I don't know what it is about my workplace, but no one takes consecutive sick days in a row. No one. I'm really glad that both days, I knew I was too sick to cope at 6:25 when I woke up, so I could call work right then and say 'Hi, have a fever, sorry.' I don't come in when I have a fever, but I'm horrified at the thought of, I dunno, getting into trouble tomorrow or something.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 12:00am on 13/12/2006
Odd... If they get mad, you could threaten to come in next time? I think it would be pretty unusual if they get angry for just two days out, especially if you generally have a decent record.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 12:11am on 13/12/2006
Well, I've only been there three months.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 12:21am on 13/12/2006
That's long enough for them to get a sense of whether or not you take sick days every other week.
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 12:22am on 13/12/2006
And in any case, having no children cuts down on the amount of last minute time off you'll need. Rather significantly, as far as I can tell.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 12:28am on 13/12/2006
It's true!
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