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08-04-2006, 03:01 PM
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If you can text in sick, then they can text in termination. And that would have to be in your employee manual. In this case, she coud not text in sick.... 
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08-04-2006, 03:49 PM
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08-04-2006, 03:57 PM
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Wow!
I feel really bad for that person, but, at the same time, that is funny as I don't know what. I agree though, I would definately try to get some money out of the situation. They must have violated some policy by doing that. No matter how far into the future we get, that is still very unprofessional. Even an e-mail is kinda wrong if one has worked at a place for a long time.
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08-04-2006, 04:10 PM
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LMAO!! Am I wrong for laughing?
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08-04-2006, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mulattogyrl
LMAO!! Am I wrong for laughing?
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NO! 
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08-04-2006, 05:24 PM
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I agree. Somehow I get the impression that this wasn't the young lady's 1st time calling in "sick". The employer was probably just plain sick of her or fed up. Let's face it she's young and probably does this a lot. You can't expect a lot from a vast majority of today's youth b/c they're young and not that reliable. Not to say that an older person wouldn't be b/c there's just as many lazy "i'm calling in sick" older adults as well. I can't bring myself to feel sorry for her. It's funny to me. 
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08-04-2006, 06:14 PM
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That reflects how much the company (supervisors) feel about her feelings.
DANG  She must have been one-more-bottom-shelf employee. They should have added......You may now finish 'playing' sick.
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08-04-2006, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mulattogyrl
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No cuz that's exactly what I did. Ole girl probably wouldn't answer the phone so they did the next best thing--sent it in writing. LOL
ETA: Okay I read the article and it was a body piercing and jewelry store--not some major corporation. They did try to reach her directly. Most of their employees are under 21. So all-in-all this doesn't sound out of line.
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08-08-2006, 07:55 AM
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No cuz that's exactly what I did. Ole girl probably wouldn't answer the phone so they did the next best thing--sent it in writing. LOL
ETA: Okay I read the article and it was a body piercing and jewelry store--not some major corporation. They did try to reach her directly. Most of their employees are under 21. So all-in-all this doesn't sound out of line.
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I figured as much. They treated her with the same respect she had been treating them. I don't see anything wrong with it.
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08-08-2006, 08:19 AM
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I don't think even here in the US that there are any legal stipulations about HOW you can fire someone. I think if the company wanted to hire someone to skywrite over their house that the employee was fired, they're legally within their rights. There's no law (that I'm aware of) entitling workers to confidentiality when being fired or limiting the employer as to how they can do it.
Of course, this story happened in England, so I have no idea what their laws are like, but I still don't see any government legislating about how an employer can terminate an employee.
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08-08-2006, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by mulattogyrl
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No, because this was funny to me too!
I guess they really didn't want her services anymore.
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