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easy.
Dismissed Over Dogs Death.......
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easy.
found a new job straight away doing what? it won't be in management as you haven't the foggiest how it works.
explain please? and no made up fantasy guff. if you were genuinely in this position (sacked for gross misconduct for having incorrectly sacked someone else) how would you easily explain that away at a job interview?
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I wouldn't they don't need to know. It would never get to that stage!
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That's **** though. I can't get bereavement leave if my grandparents die...that's not right.
A pet (especially cats and dogs) is a member of the family and is just as important as any human member of a family. If you think otherwise then you've either never had a pet you've cared about or you lack satisfactory empathy.
Bereavement in general is discretionary/down to company policy - tends to be immediate family only. I guess it does need to vary a bit - like someone from another country has an aunt die and she was actually the person who raised him/more of a mother figure etc.. then you'd perhaps give them a couple of weeks paid leave to return home for a funeral etc..
Generally parents or people who acted as parents, siblings and children would be the obvious ones. Grandparents you're perhaps going to have to suck it up a bit more and just have time off for the funeral itself and/or the day it happens.
I think for pets then this is the sort of thing where someone would use up one of their designate "personal days" or take it as sick leave if they're in such a state they're unable to work.
But I guess they didn't count it as sick leave, yeah a team leader/whatever probably is responsible if someone is sick and needs to schedule shifts in the first place around known holidays etc.. but if someone wants to later change a shift then that is probably when they have to get a colleague to agree to take it or to a swap.
Generally parents or people who acted as parents, siblings and children would be the obvious ones. Grandparents you're perhaps going to have to suck it up a bit more and just have time off for the funeral itself and/or the day it happens.
I think for pets then this is the sort of thing where someone would use up one of their designate "personal days" or take it as sick leave if they're in such a state they're unable to work.
But I guess they didn't count it as sick leave, yeah a team leader/whatever probably is responsible if someone is sick and needs to schedule shifts in the first place around known holidays etc.. but if someone wants to later change a shift then that is probably when they have to get a colleague to agree to take it or to a swap.
They're not just as important, for example your toddler chases the dog and the dog starts to show aggression towards him regularly, you'll probably look to get rid of the dog... because it isn't as important.
That isn't about lacking empathy but rather different levels of it, you'd need your head examined if it was 50/50 on whether to instead give the kid up for adoption and keep the dog instead.
If the dog is running aggressively toward your toddler, then you've not been training the dog appropriately. The number of videos and examples online where dogs show understanding and calm around babies and children far far far outweighs the opposite end of the scale.
Besides this isn't about how well behaved a dog is to babies, it's about how important dogs are to individuals, just as important as another human being as they are a part of the family.
Specifically the quote I was replying to.
Besides this isn't about how well behaved a dog is to babies, it's about how important dogs are to individuals, just as important as another human being as they are a part of the family.
Specifically the quote I was replying to.
a little bit of pee nearly came out. and indeed you are correct.
so you're saying that a dog should be equally as important as a child? therefore if a choice between the 2 had to be made it would be a 50/50 call? as @dowie says, you'd need to be off your head if you believe that. love your dog all you want, it goes in the skip with, albeit with a heavy heart, but in the skip it goes without hesitation if it comes to a choice between it and a child.
a dog or cat may very well be a very important and loved member of the family, that doesn't mean it is just as important as children/siblings/parents.
to be fair, i'd put the spider in my loft over most other peoples kids!!I'd probably put my dog over someone elses kid
Well obviously most dogs live happily with babies, I didn't say "running aggressively towards" I said the dog shows aggression to the toddler. Any dog can bite, be unpredictable etc.. it would be naive for a dog owner to believe otherwise which is why you're always careful with them around kids regardless. However if they do start to show aggression towards a kid then it isn't a good situation.
Yes the point is indeed about how important dogs are, I'd argue that your point is wrong in the vast majority of families - dogs aren't "just as important". Id suspect that in 99.999% of cases if one had to go it would be the dog. I'm not saying dogs aren't important to people, they are, I'm disputing your point that they're just as important - they're clearly not for the vast majority of people and that is the point of the example I gave.
Are you honestly saying you've be 50/50 over whether your dog or the kid had to go?
I know a lot of dog owners, many are friends and I know just how important their dogs are in their lives, not just to them but every member of the family too. My opinion comes from experience and not just something formed based on what's online.
You can't divert the argument based on something that bears no relevance to the OP's story. That's not how this works.
Ah no I said a pet such as a cat and a dog (especially) are just as important as another family member to a lot of people and the number is only growing as time goes on with sometimes extreme social media backlash through to people who don't show any regard for the welfare of their pets. The argument that someone would put their dog OP's story. down or send it off if the dog was aggressive to a child is irrelevant as that's not the topic here.
You can't divert the argument based on something that bears no relevance to the OP's story. That's not how this works.
cool. i'll have large Mcfries please.