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:
