tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post8397530465254861374..comments2023-11-04T20:42:11.524+00:00Comments on HR Case Studies: I won't be in work today because my mother-in-law didn't die at the weekend as expectedGraham Salisburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029948174384225988noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post-24600232763638572242010-02-02T15:52:30.492+00:002010-02-02T15:52:30.492+00:00Saw a story about a student failed out of a univer...Saw a story about a student failed out of a university course because missed class due to grandmother's death. The professor's reason? "You used the same excuse last month." Unfortunately, the student really did have both grandmothers die within a month of each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post-85446963298727979442010-02-02T14:49:46.734+00:002010-02-02T14:49:46.734+00:00EBTG/Anonymous
Thanks for these comments. Only go...EBTG/Anonymous<br /><br />Thanks for these comments. Only goes to show that truth is often stranger that fiction!Graham Salisburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029948174384225988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post-84107925518643468192010-02-02T11:33:35.049+00:002010-02-02T11:33:35.049+00:00I had a student once state that she didn't mak...I had a student once state that she didn't make it to the exam because she dreamt that she had died in an air crash and that she was too traumatised to come to college the next day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post-23534244196101023382010-02-01T13:26:27.679+00:002010-02-01T13:26:27.679+00:00Once came across a guy who had a significant of ti...Once came across a guy who had a significant of time off work because his girlfriend had died in tragic circumstances. I was, at the time, on my summer work experience as part of my IPM course (showing my age now) and was asked by my manager to draft a suitable letter to said individual because she had tried and failed. I spent several hours trying to pen a suitable letter only to discover several months later that his girlfriend had been fictitious. I have never forgiven him!!! Did work a treat though - no-one dared question such a tragic story.<br /><br />EBTGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9220045813820945869.post-56922890177855857302010-02-01T10:27:06.019+00:002010-02-01T10:27:06.019+00:00A bit cheeky of me to post the first comment on my...A bit cheeky of me to post the first comment on my own article, but I did once see a t-shirt (in Ottawa) sporting the wonderful slogan "I've used up all my sick leave, so this morning I phoned in dead!"Graham Salisburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029948174384225988noreply@blogger.com