Time For Go-Go Juice! - Don't Use Your Neighbor's Kid to Get Out of Work...

OMG! I bet you all thought I had fallen off the face of the planet! Good evening! Well, I must say, my Go-Go Juice has been overflowing aaalll day. It’s happy Monday – or shall I say it was. I’ve been running around getting things done while preparing to go to New Orleans tomorrow morning. Yep – that day is here. While it’s just a simple one day trip, I woke up to many requests from the brewing weekend. I’ve made a lot more connections and have some new activities scheduled. My cat had kittens and I learned I helped two people get a job! My new house guest just got an offer to be a “Nanny” and one of my former staff members called from a reference I gave her telling me that she too, was back on the payroll! Let me tell you folks – that’s such good news to hear in this hard economy! Bells and Whistles were blowing yesterday in celebration of both their achievements. Timing and patience is critical. Hopefully, they’ll start their new jobs without any hiccups for a long time. And speaking of new jobs, my neighbor got a new job a couple weeks ago and while I commend him for his efforts – he’s young, single and going to be a famous guitarist one day – but he’s like 20 going on 13! Let me shed some light – I know many people, line level employees to senior managers’ call in “sick” every now and then. Sometimes with the worst of Kooties and other times, just to enjoy the day. I’m not saying this is right or wrong, I’m just stating a fact. Now, let’s say your employee decides he’s worked more than enough hours for the week and said “I need a day off”. Let’s say, instead of calling in sick, you fabricated a bit and stated to your employer that your ex-spouse dropped off your toddler without notice and that you were “stuck” for the day preventing you from going to work. If that’s your story and you’re stickin’ to it, don’t go to your neighbor and ask to borrow their 3-year old toddler in case the employer calls back, especially with a beer in hand as you proudly display your stupid achievement in thinking you’ve fooled your boss. I mean good grief…is that what my staff does? I mean – I’ve heard people call and falsely cough on the phone or get someone else to call because the employee’s a coward, but really – borrow another person’s kid? I truly died laughing at the temerity of his request. How many of you have caught your staff members playing hooky and doing something stupid to get caught – like, call in sick, but then post all over Face Book with photos of the great summer beach party that was held instead of going to work ? Or like coming back the next day with concert souvenirs hanging all over your jacket? Or better yet, have a drunken party at home where your best friend takes a cell phone photo of you chuggin’ down at the keg and it gets forwarded to all your friends ending up in the hands of the boss? Come on – have some common sense – it’s too small a world, your boss is not stupid and would just as well rather throw the book at you making you the example of what not to do or worse, give you the big boot up your rear with a Hallmark Blessing “Sayonara!” Needless to say, Melissa did not perform her first acting gig. Enjoy your evening, what’s left of it. I do intend on greeting you before I fly out of here so do stop by. Oh and please – put a lot of Go-Go in the Juice tomorrow…I’m gonna need it if you don’t!