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marcop · 03-05-2016, 11:45 AM

Here in LA the traffic is so bad and unpredictable that firing someone for being 15 minutes late on their first day would be very harsh.

That reminds me: 20+ years ago, I was over an hour late on my first day to a programming gig--but I didn't get fired, perhaps because I had a whole slew of mitigating circumstances such as: I'd only moved to LA the day before, it was an almost 50 mile commute, I hadn't figured out the best way to go and had taken a route that was more heavily trafficked than the best route, and lastly--and don't laugh--it was raining.

03-05-2016, 11:45 AM
marcop Content Producer Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,143	Here in LA the traffic is so bad and unpredictable that firing someone for being 15 minutes late on their first day would be very harsh. That reminds me: 20+ years ago, I was over an hour late on my first day to a programming gig--but I didn't get fired, perhaps because I had a whole slew of mitigating circumstances such as: I'd only moved to LA the day before, it was an almost 50 mile commute, I hadn't figured out the best way to go and had taken a route that was more heavily trafficked than the best route, and lastly--and don't laugh--it was raining.