My works return-to-office mandate is making me…
DEAR ABBY: My company has a four-days-a-week return-to-office mandate this yr. While it’s good to have the in-person camaraderie, co-workers who are conspicuously sick are now coming in and spreading their contagion. My company supplies a beneficiant two weeks of “occasional absence,” which can be used for sick days, medical doctors’ appointments and such. I’m now sick at home.
These co-workers will not be heroes for coming in to work with their germs, but egocentric and thoughtless. Nobody objects! I really feel I ought to say one thing to our workplace supervisor. What do you counsel? — SICK OF SICK CO-WORKERS
DEAR SICK: Speak to the workplace supervisor and counsel that a memo be despatched out stating that if somebody is feeling unwell, they need to put on a masks or keep home until their symptoms subside. Many companies do it.
DEAR ABBY: Our grandson is 28. We struggled a lot with him growing up. He lived with us; his mother and father never married. His mom went to prison for 10 years. He has a job but always asks us for money. We give him about $400 a month. My husband and I’ve had a lot of arguments over it.
Our grandson also has a girlfriend and 4 kids who live with him. We are retired, and this is draining us. I really feel sorry for that little household, but my own household is sinking. Have you any advice? — REACHED THE LIMIT IN TEXAS
DEAR REACHED: I actually do. Turn off the money spigot before your generosity will get you in more hassle than you might be already experiencing. You have been more than beneficiant with this grandson. You don’t “owe” him $400 a month. As an grownup, it is time for him to take care of his own household, just as it is with you and your husband.
DEAR ABBY: Our neighbors, “Wanda” and “Bob,” have agreed to care for our home and cat when we trip. We told them we’d like to pay them for their troubles, but Wanda says they need to do it for free. Bob just smiles.
Judging by her physique language, Wanda appeared offended when I requested her how a lot she’d like to be paid. You see, I’m sure we will return the favor if they go away city, but we now have the means and time to trip more often than they do. I don’t need to offend but neither do I would like to take benefit. In our space, there aren’t any house-watching providers. I’m stumped. What’s a neighbor to do in this occasion? — GETTING AWAY IN OREGON
DEAR GETTING AWAY: It seems that Wanda and her husband desire to take pleasure in the advantages of training the nice neighbor coverage reasonably than focus on financial reward. Approach Wanda and inform her you respect her willingness to watch your house while you journey and reiterate that you’d be happy to do the same for her and her husband when the chance arises. While you might be away, if you see an merchandise you suppose they might take pleasure in, current it to them upon your return. (I’m considering one thing attribute of where you’ve gotten been.)
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also recognized as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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