It comes down to rules being bent, (uhm, ya think, grace?) for the sake of a certain half of the population, of which the Lord, in His perfect wisdom, did not design to be slogging it out five (or six) days a week. Oh, as if that certain other half of the population don't get a pass from time to time...yeah, right :/ From what i understand, the Monday following superbowl Sunday is the same day, when most unplanned absences are called. Technically, i guess, hung over constitutes a sick-day.
Without going into detail, per my duties, i know first hand that, while one half may be absent more hours than the other - the difference is not staggering. Didn't crunch the numbers, because that's outside my lane. Did read, however, from someone, who did the research, the hours each half takes up, are about equal. Most times, for both halves, it's about family - which may include grandparents, and elderly siblings. Once again, the two-income trap, triggers; because, the one half, who would rather be at home, is STUCK in the trap - and the only way free of its constraints is ... going fundie delulu-land. Can ya spell, pipeline to intergenerational poverty!
Uhm, poverty messes with the mind. Talk to the MAN who's daddy grew up dirt poor. Oh, the old guy somehow escaped it; he worked hard and long. He then married, and supported his family on his earnings, over the years was able to build a healthy bank balance - this was back in the day. Btw, his widow didn't have to bite her nails when the electric bill came, or the old car needed tires. Anyway, my co-worker said his father worked, long after he had the funds to retire - and go fishing, take his grandson camping, or something. But he kept on working, even though age was doing a number on him. Why? Because he FEARED poverty. Poverty yet dogged that old man, long after he had escaped it.
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