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Interesting, very interesting.  I would be extremely embarassed to have a mod have to clean up after me because I am to dense to understand the value of anonimity.

Whoops, it's there. Nevermind

Have you seen the one where they turned a coffin into a case?  That gets top votes in my book.  I should see if I can find the pic.

I think I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to do it and I'll let her know.  I had just never heard of this before.

Does anyone else find it unreasonable for a bride to dictate who you dance with at her wedding?  My best friend has decided that all the bridesmaids have to dance with the groomsmen to "That's What Friends are For".  I really don't want to dance, nevermind dance with a guy I've never met.  Is this something that people usually do at weddings?  Do you think it would be okay to tell her that I don't want to do this?

The Lemons are coming, the Lemons are coming!

okay Mick, he technically doesn't have to give you the time off if it is not your immediate family.  The lie itself doesn't make a lot of sense because if these people are your in-laws, meaning they have a child old enough to be married, so why would they have a small child that needs looking after and by you nonetheless?  The age gap didn't make sense to me although I do understand that people have kids later in life just usually not that much later in life. Secondly, if you mention it to anyone at work, consider your ass grass.  Also, if you work for a friendly company, it is bound to come out that you are really single or your partner's parents come to visit.   It's a very involved lie.

At the end of the day, you can be fired for just about anything.  There are very few protections offered to you by employment legislation.  

Sorry, I don't believe you should tell your employer that someone might die to get a week off.  You will get busted.

Oh, I read the original post as being the real scenario, not just some excuse to get out of working.  Did this really happen?

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[P class=MarginalNote]I am assuming you live in BC.

[P class=MarginalNote]From the BC EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT:

[H4 class=MarginalNote]Family responsibility leave[/H4][P class=IndentLevel1]52 An employee is entitled to up to 5 days of unpaid leave during each employment year to meet responsibilities related to

[P class=IndentLevel2](a) the care, health or education of a child in the employee's care, or

[P class=IndentLevel2](b) the care or health of any other member of the employee's immediate family.

[P class=IndentLevel1]"immediate family" means

[P class=IndentLevel2](a) the spouse, child, parent, guardian, sibling, grandchild or grandparent of an employee, and

[P class=IndentLevel2](b) any person who lives with an employee as a member of the employee's family;

[P class=IndentLevel2]I would suggest you give Employment Standards a ring at 1 800 663-3316 (toll-free in British Columbia) as ask them if this provision would extend to your in-laws.  If it does, you can't be fired for taking the time off.

 

I read up a bit more on it and unless every provider is prepared to partake in this, AOL and Yahoo are going to lose out.  What do I care if some AOLer doesn't get his or her mail?  Is AOL really hurting for cash to the point where they have to tier email?  I mean, from past experiences, I know AOLers aren't the most technically savvy bunch but a few of them have to clue on that maybe it's time to give AOL the ole boot and make the switch.  Gmail anyone?

This has to be a joke.  People would drop AOL like a sack of hot taters if they tried to tax email.  

LOL Some of these are a hoot!

Harry returns from his home in the Canadian wilderness to attend Mr. Henderson's 70th birthday party.

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So yeah, what's your favourite word.  Mine is epitome - the ultimate, the embodiment.