As an employer, I don't accept "life happens" or "stuff happens" as an excuse or that it is every acceptable. It is nice to see a school finally doing the same.
@Stealth83: Eh, I do. If my (otherwise awesome) assistant is late once or twice a year because traffic sucked, I don't nail her to the wall for it. If my (not-so-awesome) assistant is late today because traffic sucked, and late tomorrow because her dog was sick, and then sneaks out early the next day to run errands, then we have a problem.I'm with
@donnatella - when it's not a pattern, then yes, I think a certain amount of reasonable leeway for "life happens" is, well, reasonable.
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