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Doesn't work that way here. Can you take sick leave for doctor/dentist appointments? We can't, but she does.

When you take sick days, do you need to have a doctor's note that you actually were sick?

Oh and I don't take sick leave for appointments. I just take my appointment in the middle of work. Everyone does it.

I've never been in a company that didn't allow all this.
 
Well there's the problem.

If I'm not afforded those kinds of luxuries, then I expect to be paid for the overtime I work (which I don't get because I'm salaried)

It's a give and take. This way ends up being cheaper for the company than me not being allowed appointments, etc. but getting paid overtime.
 
If I'm not afforded those kinds of luxuries, then I expect to be paid for the overtime I work (which I don't get because I'm salaried)

It's a give and take. This way ends up being cheaper for the company than me not being allowed appointments, etc. but getting paid overtime.
I get paid prenegotiated lump sum at completion + expenses which is absolutely irrelevant (it sucks btw).

It's usually more productive (and healthy) in the long run to not bust people's balls about sick time if they have the days in my experience. I was just being flip :p
 
Hell, I've got over 50 hours of accrued sick time, and 150 hours of accrued vacation time. If I happen to burn one of those days just out of a whim, they let me.
 
I bet Drool invented this:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1f1eM.../steak-made-from-human-poop-passes-taste-test
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If you prefer your steak to be cooked rare, you may want to reconsider that choice after hearing about the latest advancement in food technology to come out of Japan: an edible steak made from human feces, reports Discovery News. (Update: Discovery News is now unsure if the story is real and wondering if they were duped. It reminds us of this "Yes Men" poop burger hoax.)

Take a moment to let that gag reflex subside. Now consider this: it's already been taste-tested, approved, and could eventually become a practical solution to sewage treatment. Someday "bowel burgers" may even provide an easy source of protein for the hungry.

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The poop steaks were first envisioned by Japanese researcher Mitsuyuki Ikeda after he was approached by Tokyo Sewage to come up with a solution for the city's overabundance of sewage mud. Although "eating it" probably wouldn't have occurred to most people, Ikeda recognized that the mud was stocked full with protein-rich bacteria.

After isolating those proteins in the lab, Ikeda's team then combined them with a reaction enhancer and put them in an exploder. What eventually came out was no filet mignon, but it was edible.

"Theoretically, there's nothing wrong with this," said Douglas Powell, a professor of food safety at Kansas State University. "It could be quite safe to eat, but I'm sure there's a yuck factor there."

To make swallowing the stool steaks a little bit easier, a nutty flavor was added using soy protein, and red food coloring was mixed in too, apparently to make the concoction look more like a juicy, bloody steak. A few brave researchers even took the plunge and taste-tested the product. Apparently it even tastes like regular beef.

The official composition of the lab-grown stool steak is 63 percent proteins, 25 percent carbohydrates, 3 percent lipids, and 9 percent minerals. (Which sounds a lot better than 100 percent poop). According to Powell, the idea isn't really all that much different than eating plants that have been fertilized with manure or other excrement.

The idea could even help to solve the world food crisis. By comparison, researchers have also proposed harvesting insect protein (i.e., "bug burgers") as one possible way to help combat famine worldwide. Are "bowel burgers" really so much worse? They also take the ethic of recycling to its logical extreme.

Powell did offer one caveat to the future poo'd food revolution, though: because the steaks are made from human feces, there's always a chance for contamination. If you're brave enough to eat a loaf, at least make certain that it's properly cooked (as if you were going to eat one raw!).

When asked if he would ever consider eating one of the poop steaks if it wasn't cooked, Powell responded matter-of-factly.

"I wouldn't touch it," he said
 
My work usually doesn't bother about me taking days off. The main rule is my boss wants either me or him to be at work in case of emergencies. He's a workaholic so typically that isn't a problem.
 
Doesn't work that way here. Can you take sick leave for doctor/dentist appointments? We can't, but she does.

Your work rules are simply outdated. Most companies are doing away with vacation, personal days, and sick days. Instead its all rolled into pto or payed time off that you can use for anything.
 
Your work rules are simply outdated. Most companies are doing away with vacation, personal days, and sick days. Instead its all rolled into pto or payed time off that you can use for anything.

It switches to that after five years. I think they did that to reward the employees that stayed. So they could use sick days as vacation. There's no question that we're a below-standard workplace.
 
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