GRRR...I Am So Aggravated With My Co-Worker

[lovinwdw]

She is sitting up at the front desk and I walked up there to bring up my mail. She turns around and says..."i'm so upset, my dog ran away this morning and I can't find him." I told her that she should leave and go look for him!! If it were my dog, I would not have come in!! With the weather the way it is today, how can you let the poor thing get lost and then not even try to find him. he 's probably scared to death with all of the wind and rain!! I feel so bad!! I just can't believe that she's here and not looking for her dog!!

 

[Jingle]

I completely agree with you! I could never sit at work knowing my dog was lost, even if it was in good weather. She ought to get out there and look.

 

[lillygator]

does she have anyone else looking for him? Is her job/employer flexible enough they would let her have called it with no ramifications?

 

[mickeyboat]

Maybe you don't have the whole story. I have a friend whose dog runs away a lot, and she never worries about him because he typically turns up down the road to a neighbor's house. Maybe her DH or other family member is looking while she is at work. Maybe she has been making phone calls all morning.

For each person upset that she didn't stay home looking, there would be another who would have been upset if she had stayed home looking.

Denae

 

[Missy1961]

does she have anyone else looking for him? Is her job/employer flexible enough they would let her have called it with no ramifications?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[LeCras]

Not all of us have the luxury of being able to just stay home unless we are ill or have time booked off...

Charlotte

 

[MagicalMom]

For me it would be the opposite. If I called into work & said I couldn't make it because my dog ran away I would risk losing my job. My co-workers would be furious with me for leaving them short handed. The person called in on their day of to replace be would be even more mad.

 

[lovinwdw]

does she have anyone else looking for him? Is her job/employer flexible enough they would let her have called it with no ramifications?

She works with me. she has been here for over 10 years...they are very flexible here. she is part time and just helps with the over flow of people's work. I just know how I am with my dog. I understand that everyone has different feelings, it just upsets me!!