Alaskan
Herd Master
My eldest just never changes his
No! The dirty clothes go under the bed... clean clothes get tossed on a chair.... or the couch
Coffee anyone ?
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Baymule
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I've been up for awhile, eyes flew open about hour ago. On my second cup of coffee. Son came in Friday, had sinus crud, felt like crap. Also had an intestinal upset. He called in at work yesterday and today. His boss doesn't want sick people around, getting everybody else sick. From an employers view, that's a good one. We used to send sick people home and pay them anyway. It sure cut down on everybody else getting sick and miserable.
I've gone to work sick so many times over my working life it ain't even funny. Employers allowed only so many sick days per quarter, exceed that and you got a write up. So many write ups and you were fired. I've worked with a 103* fever. I've had the flu and never missed a day of work. There is just something wrong about that. Or had to weigh up the cost of going to the doctor to get a written note verifying that I was sick against just going to work sick.
When my son was a baby, I nearly lost my job because of his sicknesses. What was I supposed to do? Stick him in a closet because I had to go to work? I was a metal saw operator making big truck exhaust products. I finally worked it out with the plant manager and the foreman for my department so I could come in on the night shift and work, often had to double back the next morning. This allowed me to take the baby to my (ex) husband's work, give him the baby right before he got off and get to work.
Anybody else find themselves in the sick at work situation?
I've gone to work sick so many times over my working life it ain't even funny. Employers allowed only so many sick days per quarter, exceed that and you got a write up. So many write ups and you were fired. I've worked with a 103* fever. I've had the flu and never missed a day of work. There is just something wrong about that. Or had to weigh up the cost of going to the doctor to get a written note verifying that I was sick against just going to work sick.
When my son was a baby, I nearly lost my job because of his sicknesses. What was I supposed to do? Stick him in a closet because I had to go to work? I was a metal saw operator making big truck exhaust products. I finally worked it out with the plant manager and the foreman for my department so I could come in on the night shift and work, often had to double back the next morning. This allowed me to take the baby to my (ex) husband's work, give him the baby right before he got off and get to work.
Anybody else find themselves in the sick at work situation?
Mini Horses
Herd Master
Still here....mainly because I avoided danger....didn't do laundry!! Who knew?? 
Sprinkles happened sometime before daybreak. Just enough to wear boots, not tennies. Of course, goats insisted it was a downpour! Not. Minis and chickens are laughing at them.
me too!
Today and tomorrow will be long days at work. My choice. Gets work done, frees up other days. I'm helping do work at stores that have no assigned reps right now. I'm looking at what I want to save to spend on fence, goats, implements....feels good 😁 keeps we out of my retirement income. Feels like free $$ when I spend it!
doing this for just a few more minutes.
Sprinkles happened sometime before daybreak. Just enough to wear boots, not tennies. Of course, goats insisted it was a downpour! Not. Minis and chickens are laughing at them.
me too! Today and tomorrow will be long days at work. My choice. Gets work done, frees up other days. I'm helping do work at stores that have no assigned reps right now. I'm looking at what I want to save to spend on fence, goats, implements....feels good 😁 keeps we out of my retirement income. Feels like free $$ when I spend it!
doing this for just a few more minutes.Mini Horses
Herd Master
I think most mom's have. Fortunately my mom and dear MIL were generally there to help me out. Also, kids weren't sick very often, me almost never. Fortunate.
Because I knew the problems. I made myself available if DGD needed care.
Fortunately no threats of job loss!
promiseacres
Herd Master
Good morning, hard to get on here first thing since we now have a school room where my laptop lives.
Got another 5 bunnies sold, they're be leaving in a couple of weeks. Farrier is coming. Need to get those apples processed.
Got another 5 bunnies sold, they're be leaving in a couple of weeks. Farrier is coming. Need to get those apples processed.
Baymule
Herd Master
Yay for selling the bunnies. Farrier day is always a good thing to do.
Poka_Doodle
Herd Master
Good morningish! Slept in today and took myself to Starbucks. Now it's time to work and do homework.
I do think I have to do the dangerous thing today and do laundry. Folding might get saved for a time of extreme procrastination. I do have to consider the risk after all.
I do think I have to do the dangerous thing today and do laundry. Folding might get saved for a time of extreme procrastination. I do have to consider the risk after all.
I love the idea, the thing is I only have a singular chair, that seems to always have a hoodie and jacket on it. And no couch around. I would love to say I could stuff them in the closet, but there seem to be a lot of other things that have been tossed in the closet in one way or another. Maybe I need a pile for clean clothes, and a pile for dirty ones, but both under my bed as that seems to be the only spot that I have space.
Bruce
Herd Master
Not only wrong, just plain stupid and NOT a good way to run a business! How much gets done when sick employee shares with everyone else?
Maybe you could get an underbed storage tote for the clean stuff so you don't have to keep track of which pile is which.
Oh, I guess that wouldn't be any different than actually putting the clean stuff in a dresser. Never mind!
Alaskan
Herd Master
Larsen Poultry Ranch
Herd Master
Do you all just have one laundry basket?? We have three... Plus a sorter in the laundry room. One laundry basket for dirty laundry, that gets emptied into the sorter every couple of days. The other two baskets are for clean laundry, they sit there until we decide to fold laundry. Some days we do actually fold on the same day the clothes are cleaned.
