When I mentioned at work today that my cousin died & said I may be taking time off to go to the funeral, I got questioned about our relationship.
Holy crap! That never happens to anyone else in my department. Most often funeral leave is never questioned & many employees use it as free days off … not even going to the funeral.
So when that question was asked, I didn’t respond. I went to my desk knowing that I could prove it. I’ve been working on my family’s genealogy a lot for the past year. I printed out a cousins chart & wrote in the names plus printed out documents proving the relationships. I didn’t give it to anybody. Just keeping it unless it gets questioned again.
It’s not like I’m using the time for spouse’s mother’s half-brothers wife’s ex-husband in southern Wisconsin. Yes, that happened and the employee didn’t even leave town & wasn’t even questioned.
So for the record, here’s my relationship to Warren “Jerry” Swartz:
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Why would the question even arise? Are you only allowed time off for deaths of relatives? My best friend was killed in a car accident 21 years ago this month. Her children were my godchildren and she and her spouse were my closest friends. I had two weeks vacation coming and I took it to be with the children, especially the daughter who was hospitalized from her injuries in the accident. I stayed with her at the hospital. I had nothing to say to the people who kept emphasizing that the deceased was not even a family member. WTF!!
We can use vacation or personal leave anytime for a death for someone not related. It’s the abuse of paid that frosts me.
oops missed a word … “abuse of paid funeral leave”
Wow. I didn’t even realize we were related. Saw him at the reunion but it didn’t occur to me.
Probably because we grew up in such a small community that we called everyone “cuz”.