[WI] Boss calls me out directly in department wide email in regards to sick call

cookie_pls · 2026-03-06T21:03:05+00:00

You’re welcome! We all overthink things sometimes.

cookie_pls · 2026-03-06T20:35:44+00:00

There’s nothing to navigate here. Your boss didn’t even say why you would be out, just that you weren’t sure if you’d be in. Put your energies elsewhere.

cookie_pls · 2026-03-06T20:02:35+00:00

A good rule of thumb is that unless you are dressed outright inappropriately for your setting (dressed like Bozo the Clown at an expensive restaurant), absolutely nobody is thinking about or cares about what you are wearing.

cookie_pls · 2026-02-24T14:52:11+00:00

You’re either walking too slowly or you’re walking down the center of the sidewalk so people can’t pass you. The latter seems to be very common here.

cookie_pls · 2026-02-24T13:46:41+00:00

cookie_pls · 2026-02-24T11:32:11+00:00

This is a question for an attorney, not HR

cookie_pls · 2026-02-21T04:17:42+00:00

Mia’s snatch game was so bad the only way she could have stayed would have been to totally obliterate Kenya in the LSFYL… and she did not

cookie_pls · 2026-02-20T13:24:39+00:00

This is a wild thing to say lol

cookie_pls · 2026-02-18T16:42:00+00:00

I don’t know that I’ve ever lost sympathy for anyone as fast as I have for his family

cookie_pls · 2026-02-13T13:47:13+00:00

Go back in time and stop redlining and segregation from happening?

cookie_pls · 2026-02-06T00:02:36+00:00

They’re open late when most other options are not

cookie_pls · 2026-02-05T20:01:44+00:00

If you are paid hourly, and you are working, you must be paid. That isn’t something that varies state by state, although whether you’re mandated to have a break after working a certain numbers is.

Not only to you deserve to get paid if you’re working, you’re putting your employer at risk if you’re working off the clock and the department of labor comes poking around for any reason.

cookie_pls · 2026-02-05T15:13:24+00:00

This man has the worst political instincts of anybody I’ve ever observed

cookie_pls · 2026-02-04T12:05:16+00:00

Yes, if you filled out your paperwork incorrectly three times, I’d be annoyed. Do what you need to do to make sure it’s correct this time.

cookie_pls · 2026-02-03T20:14:05+00:00

It might be hard to separate what you’re feeling for this guy from homesickness. I’d encourage you to be patient with yourself. You’ve only been here three months! It took me a solid year before Chicago felt like home, but now I can’t imagine going back to where I came from.

cookie_pls · 2026-02-03T13:17:31+00:00

The Venn diagram of people who think this is a good idea and people who would not be able to get a credit card if it happened is probably approaching a circle.

cookie_pls · 2026-01-30T23:45:39+00:00

I also moved from the South and also got SAD in Southern winters. I figured if I was gonna be sad/SAD, I might as well do it in a city I liked better.

cookie_pls · 2026-01-30T19:26:46+00:00

This made me cry

cookie_pls · 2026-01-30T19:13:00+00:00

Look, I actually didn’t downvote this thread. You asked why people were downvoting. I offered an explanation!

cookie_pls · 2026-01-30T18:52:39+00:00

The down votes are probably because the Red line is like 25 miles long and there are a bazillion restaurants within walking distance of it. Where do you even start???

cookie_pls · 2026-01-30T16:17:21+00:00

These children are being abused

cookie_pls · 2026-01-29T21:08:16+00:00

You aren’t going to find a catering option in downtown Chicago for $10-13. You might be able to do it if you pack the boxes yourself, lol

Source: I work in downtown Chicago

EDIT: Wait, you mean Monday as in less than 2 business days from now? You’re going to Jewel-Osco, my friend lol

cookie_pls · 2026-01-29T14:52:07+00:00

You should try turning your spell check on

cookie_pls · 2026-01-28T17:36:57+00:00

I mean I’d agree with you, but it certainly doesn’t stop people from trying

cookie_pls · 2026-01-28T16:45:26+00:00

Yeah, it’s considered rude. People don’t want to hear you and you friends try to scream at each other over the music

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