Showing ones true colours..
This is when the responding character, a mid level manager, told me that since my dad now have passed there was really no need nor valid reason for me to not come in on Friday.
So it has been a really tough week on me with my hubby ending up in the ER last weekend. Over one week later he’s in fact still in hospital. Funny thing though when shit hits the fan so to speak, is how people react.
In general I don’t have that much to say in how people should and should not react, and I vividly remember earlier from this year how a woman who lost her husband had made some kind of article for I believe CNN in what to not say to grieving people.
Having my hubby at the hospital for sure have triggered some memories on the above topic. Like when my darling father past away almost 30 years ago.
My dad passed away [f-ck cancer] on a summer’s Thursday afternoon.
Myself had actually been summoned from work to be there, at the hospital, since things had gone rapidly downhill since the morning. Sometime at 5pm it was game over.
This is also when I called my employer to tell I would not come in on Friday cause my dad just passed away.
This is when the responding character, a mid level manager, told me that since my dad now have passed there was really no need nor valid reason for me to not come in on Friday.
Let’s just put that down on my very short list of things to not say to people who just lost a close relative.
That and the infamous: at least you had time to prepare.
Come again what? The only people saying that or find it appropriate to tell others are people that [luckily enough for them] never had to stand on the sidelines to watch a loved one slowly die from the inside.
My current manager took things to a new level by claiming one have nothing to worry about when ones partner is in hospital. Wonder how she figured that one out?
For sure it cannot be based of self experience. The other day she didn’t even ask how things were going with my hubby. For sure the world doesn’t evolve around me and my problems but we’re a small work place, and to my knowledge only one of us [me] have a close relative in hospital. So a bit of common decency would have been nice.
Today I went to my very own doctor. It was nice talking to her and her recipe for me to feel better is to call in sick, never go back to that toxic workplace, and make sure to find another job.
So, so far today I have been very productive in sending applications for some really interesting jobs. I just hope the people in the receiving end find me as attractive as I find their work places.
I also hope today is the day when I can bring my hubby home ❤️🩹
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