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I dreamed I was a robot and Vince McMahon furiously deactivated my motor functions for singing (VERY BASIC) harmony, leaving me fully aware but incapable of moving or dying or going mad, staring helplessly for all eternity. But I dream-shifted into someone else's perspective, so suck on that Vin-man.
I visited Israel on a tour in the 90's and I wonder if or how much it's changed since then. Our tour guide was a Palestinian Christian and he was an awesome guy, really friendly and able to show us places the other guides (all Jewish) couldn't or wouldn't go. But yeah, even back then I remember a sense of unease and hostility just blanketing the area.
So you agree now that the Palestinians are responsible for the tension?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEschaton
There's no unease in Israel-controlled areas, but I definitely felt it in the West Bank ( Bethlehem is in the West Bank, crazy) or heavily Arab areas (ie Nazareth) it feels pretty tense. I mean, the whole West Bank is enclosed by fences/walls like a prison camp, I'd be on edge too.
Plus being with Israelis on the Golan Heights listening to explosions along the border and listening to why Israel *had to* preemptively strike Syria in the 6 day war is pretty unnerving as well.
I've been thinking about dropping down to part time and working four ten-hour days instead of the five and occasionally six I work right now. My mother's health hasn't been the best and my grandmother's teetering on the edge, I believe. Plus, my own health issues have ramped up a notch. Damn you, uterus. I told my boss I was considering it because of all of those things, emphasizing my mother's needs (I've been sleeping at the hospital the last three nights because she cannot be alone in a hospital; her friends have helped me watch her during the days while I'm working) and my boss was not... sympathetic.
Instead, she just whines at me about how we'll never squeeze all of my request clients into fewer working days when I can't get them all in right now. They might have to - gasp! - try another groomer. It's not as though I'm the only one at the shop who can bathe a Tibetan Terrier, for fuck's sake. My boss tried to guilt trip me about this, like "abandoning" her business is somehow worth my concern when I might soon have relatives dropping like flies. Goddamnit. I hate people.
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I'm sorry about your mother and grandmother.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCSL
Your boss apparently can't see past her own immediate needs. Don't let her make you feel guilty or bad or angry.
Sorry to hear about your mother's health issues, I went through that myself last year. I also had to go to my work to inform them I'd need to cut my schedule some and take some vacation and days off, etc. Luckily, I found out my work was willing and able to work with me. I also feel bad that your work had to guilt trip you to try to justify their refusal? or reluctance to let you adjust your schedule, even temporarily. I hope it's just because your skills are in demand at work there and nothing else. Anyway, can always let them know that a reduced schedule in the short term would be better than FMLA or even leaving if it came to that. Unfortunately it is times like these when you tend to really find out how good (or bad) your work really can be and the result can really add a lot of stress to the current situation. Good luck to you and your family.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCSL
Before she starts making veiled threats of using FMLA, she should first make sure she is an eligible employee. From http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs28.htm :Quote:
Originally Posted by Gsgeek
COVERED EMPLOYERS
The FMLA only applies to employers that meet certain criteria. A covered employer is a:
- Private-sector employer, with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year, including a joint employer or successor in interest to a covered employer;
- Public agency, including a local, state, or Federal government agency, regardless of the number of employees it employs; or
- Public or private elementary or secondary school, regardless of the number of employees it employs.
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES
Only eligible employees are entitled to take FMLA leave. An eligible employee is one who:
- Works for a covered employer;
- Has worked for the employer for at least 12 months;
- Has at least 1,250 hours of service for the employer during the 12 month period immediately preceding the leave*; and
- Works at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
I could be wrong, but if she works at a privately owned groomer (not one of those types owned by PetCo or whatever) then I doubt they have 50 employees.