• grte@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    “I can’t miss work. I love the company; I love the people here. I missed one day; I’m not going to miss two in a row.”

    Just take the day, dude. It’s unhealthy to be that dedicated to a damn job, haha.

    • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      It might not be dedication, that just might be the spin that it was given to make this a feel-good story.

      It might be “if I miss 2 days of work I might be ‘encouraged into retiring’ because they won’t see this old man as reliable anymore.”, or it could be the math of “if I miss 2 days of work in one paycheck, I’ll need to choose between eating, paying rent, or seeing my grandkids.”

      Or maybe he just actually loves his job that much, not everything needs to be bleak.