Boss reprimands employee for not covering his sick coworker's last-minute shift because he was 2 hours away: 'She didn’t believe I was unavailable to cover, and that I just didn’t want to.'

• The employee in this story was dealt a rotten hand, and he's still processing the backlash he's getting from his manager. He got a call from his manager asking him to cover a shift for his coworker, who called out because he and his daughter were sick.

  “Not his fault, he’s a cool dude and he didn’t look or sound very good the day before.”

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  _{Dad tries to get some sleep on the couch after calling in sick with a fever.} 

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• There's a world where he would've driven right to work to do a solid for his kindhearted coworker, but the only problem was that he was 2 hours away from his office, so there was no way he'd get there in time for the shift. When he let his manager know that he couldn't come in, she was clearly annoyed. 

  "Naturally, I told her I was unavailable. She proceeded to call me and text me three times, asking if I was sure I couldn’t. I told her, I wouldn’t say I couldn’t cover if I wasn’t."

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  _{Employee tells his boss that he's too far away from work to come in.} 

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• The next day, he was in the office, and his boss gave him a “verbal write-up," which doesn't make sense as a concept, but that's besides the point. She wrote him up because she didn't believe he was actually unavailable to cover; she just thought he didn't want to. 

  I wasn’t, but even if this were the case, that’s none of her business.

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  _{The boss scolds her employee for refusing to cover his coworker's shift.} 

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• She wasn't only upset that he didn't come in; she was also upset that he didn't want to engage with the matter further.

  "She was also upset that I ignored her additional texts and calls. I did that because…I already told you I am unavailable to come in. There’s nothing more for me to say. And she was trying to guilt me into coming in, not taking no for an answer."

• The employee wants to find new work, but for now, he's stuck with a boss who doesn't respect his time and doesn't believe he's truthful. 

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