~He Got Off Easy!~
By Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85296)
Valdosta, Georgia
January 7, 2016 12:10pm CST
Yesterday after church we went to my husband's friends house. He invited us over to have chilli with them. My husband and Jason work together and they were talking about how one guy/child got sent home from work because he was late 4 days out of 5!
They were saying how annoyed the kid was that he got sent home for the rest of the week. 
I think he got off easy! He's lucky he didn't get fired. The boss is obviously trying to teach him a lesson, better to learn now at 18 rather than in his 30's. 
Hopefully, he will not be late anymore after this.
I think he got off easy! He's lucky he didn't get fired. The boss is obviously trying to teach him a lesson, better to learn now at 18 rather than in his 30's.
Hopefully, he will not be late anymore after this.11 people like this
13 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Yes, late is not an admirable trait for sure.
It is not conducive to the business and why should they tolerate it.
I hope he has learned his lesson.
Was the chili good?
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView I hope he learns his lesson as well. I didn't have the chili since I don't like it but my husband enjoyed it.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
7 Jan 16
@LovingMyBabies Well good your hubby had some then.
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@celticeagle (172803)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Jan 16
I hope he takes like a man and makes a new start for himself when he gets back to work.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@celticeagle I hope so too, somehow I have my doubts but hopefully he will learn a good lesson from it.
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@ataboy (737)
• United States
8 Jan 16
Optimisim is always preferable to pessimism, @LovingMyBabies, so I would have to agree with you there!
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
8 Jan 16
Well, now he will really have to learn how to be punctual.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@cherriefic I hope he does learn a lesson or he will lose his job. =(
@Raine38 (12388)
• United States
8 Jan 16
I hate how most kids nowadays feel so entitled by merely existing. Kudos for him for trying to teach this kid a good life lesson early in life. I am sure that this will not be the last one that he will learn once he started to join the work force.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@Raine38 I think it was a good thing that this kid learned a lesson as well. He got lucky that he was not fired.
@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@amnabas Yeah, there's no excuse for being late every day!
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@ataboy (737)
• United States
8 Jan 16
@LovingMyBabies Of course not, and I truly hope your exaggerating about 4 out of 5, because that's more than inappropriate, that just purely disrespectful and careless!
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@ataboy Nope, that was the exact number. Every day he had another excuse for being late!
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
7 Jan 16
I hope he learns the lesson instead of getting furious
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@Missmwngi I hope he does too...for his own sake.
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@GardenGerty (162512)
• United States
7 Jan 16
He probably whined "that's not Fair." but cannot see how unfair it is to his coworkers and boss.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@GardenGerty That is what he said, but your right it's not fair to everyone else that hes late every day.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
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7 Jan 16
@LovingMyBabies A friend had a worker where she worked , he was always late , late back from dinner ect. When challenged he said it was only a few minutes and thought his boss was being silly. My friend took him to one side and explained the situation , he just repeated his thoughts and she sacked him on the spot. He was 19 and thought he knew it all. The rest of the workers who turned up on time and did their job properly had no sympathy for him.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@suzzy3 That is how I felt about it too. I think he got lucky!
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@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
8 Jan 16
I don't like late and I hate seeing people late. I hope it teach him some lesson, to be responsible and professional at work.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@mrswhitfield I hate being late also, I cannot stand that feeling. I don't know how people do it all the time-it would drive me insane!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Jan 16
I don't think that's teaching him a lesson. The real lesson would be to fire him. The kid will complain for a bit and then be back to work, probably doing the same thing again.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well I think the boss was trying to teach him without being super tough on him. Hopefully he wont do it again but you never know.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Jan 16
He's the typical kid in society today @LovingMyBabies . No consequences because he wasn't raised right. He's in for some hard lessons.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jan 16
@nanette64 Yeah it is sad but I hope this is a lesson that he will learn. Otherwise your right more hard lessons will come his way.
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@ataboy (737)
• United States
8 Jan 16
I've been late to a job one-day in my entire life. And if that sounds like a condensing thing to say; if so then so be it! It's not easy to "preform" in such a way. I can't say I've not been credited for being so punctual several times before. But it is something that I have been pointed out that I do naturally. When someone says be at X by time T I'm at X at time t = -1 X...just to be sure. I happened to never need such a lesson, but if I had, I would have appreciated it. As I've learned other things through similar means!
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@ataboy I absolutely hate being late anywhere I go! I got that from my father as he is the same way. I have always been early to work as well-my whole day gets thrown off if I am even a few minutes late. I hate that feeling.
@Dena91 (16859)
• United States
8 Jan 16
One thing my grand dad taught my brother and I was this simple truth, if someone hires you to work, go to work and do your best. They were looking for someone to hire when they hired you and if you fail on your end you they will hire someone to replace you. Hope the young man learned the lesson. Have a blessed day.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 16
@Dena91 That is some great advice that your grandfather gave you and your brother. It is the truth! I hope he learns a lesson too and changes his ways.
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