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Sunny Day · 03-05-2016, 06:01 PM

I worked 12+ years at the post office. Being 1 minute late could get you fired. Happened to a guy who started the same day as me. Sad thing, he'd come to work an hour early and would sleep in the break room. Unfortunately, he kept not hearing the alarm on his watch and would be 30 minutes late.

Another job, the receptionist had a large board you wrote in your starting time. At 8:05, she turned the board around an wrote your time in with a red pen. Such childishness. She looked just like the school secretary in Ferris Buehler's Day Off. All I could do to keep from laughing.

My last job, was flexible hours. They expected 7 3/4 hours, 5 days a week. Several started later as they had to take kids to school and couldn't drop them off, before a certain time. At one point my boss allowed me to start mid-day and work late. I was doing research for a $30,000,000 tax write-off and needed copy machines that weren't clogged with other workers. As long as I got the write-off he didn't care what time I worked.

03-05-2016, 06:01 PM
Sunny Day Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,406	Late I worked 12+ years at the post office. Being 1 minute late could get you fired. Happened to a guy who started the same day as me. Sad thing, he'd come to work an hour early and would sleep in the break room. Unfortunately, he kept not hearing the alarm on his watch and would be 30 minutes late. Another job, the receptionist had a large board you wrote in your starting time. At 8:05, she turned the board around an wrote your time in with a red pen. Such childishness. She looked just like the school secretary in Ferris Buehler's Day Off. All I could do to keep from laughing. My last job, was flexible hours. They expected 7 3/4 hours, 5 days a week. Several started later as they had to take kids to school and couldn't drop them off, before a certain time. At one point my boss allowed me to start mid-day and work late. I was doing research for a $30,000,000 tax write-off and needed copy machines that weren't clogged with other workers. As long as I got the write-off he didn't care what time I worked.