StitchesGr8Fan
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- Jul 17, 2009
I'm loving the thread about best late excuses. It boggles my mind that some of the people in the stories are still employed. That got me thinking about people I work with that have performance issues but still stay employed.
For example, one woman I work with spends at least 1 hour of her 8 hour day in the bathroom doing her makeup. She has to do a 30 minute full routine when she gets there and then several touch-ups during the day. She's been doing this for 15 years. The only manager who tried to fire her was thwarted when she announced during her exit meeting that she was pregnant and HR told the manager he couldn't fire her for fear of a discrimination claim. Everyone is afraid to fire her because she is the only one willing to do a very tedious process, and she knows that is the only thing saving her job so she fights any attempt to improve the process. She now has a new manager, and she doesn't know that her makeup time is being discreetly monitored. Everyone seems to know it but her. And the most ironic part? She is beautiful naturally and looks like a clown by the time she is done with her makeup routine.
For example, one woman I work with spends at least 1 hour of her 8 hour day in the bathroom doing her makeup. She has to do a 30 minute full routine when she gets there and then several touch-ups during the day. She's been doing this for 15 years. The only manager who tried to fire her was thwarted when she announced during her exit meeting that she was pregnant and HR told the manager he couldn't fire her for fear of a discrimination claim. Everyone is afraid to fire her because she is the only one willing to do a very tedious process, and she knows that is the only thing saving her job so she fights any attempt to improve the process. She now has a new manager, and she doesn't know that her makeup time is being discreetly monitored. Everyone seems to know it but her. And the most ironic part? She is beautiful naturally and looks like a clown by the time she is done with her makeup routine.