So My Co-Worker Just Texted Me

• Taycat wrote on 2011-11-20 04:01

  Quote from Akemii;666029:

  I understand what you're saying, but it's just Troy.

  
  
  Regardless of who it is, it's still wrong to give a lameass excuse.
• Skye wrote on 2011-11-20 04:09
  Y'know, asking someone to work for you is like asking someone to do their homework for you. If you don't want to do it, I don't think you should have to be polite with an excuse. Just don't expect that person to ever do your own homework for you.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-11-20 04:24

  Quote from Skye;666080:

  Y'know, asking someone to work for you is like asking someone to do their homework for you. If you don't want to do it, I don't think you should have to be polite with an excuse. Just don't expect that person to ever do your own homework for you.

  
  
  Based on your statement, I suppose you've never asked a peer for help on a homework question before?
• Skye wrote on 2011-11-20 04:26

  Quote from Chillax;666094:

  Based on your statement, I suppose you've never asked a peer for help on a homework question before?

  
  
  I mean doing an entire set of homework, not help on one problem.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-11-20 04:33

  Quote from Skye;666096:

  I mean doing an entire set of homework, not help on one problem.

  
  
  Apparently Akemii has covered for this guy before, so apparently the boss is ok with this. On the contrary, I haven't heard of a teacher that thinks a student doing his/her peer's homework is acceptable.
• Ithiliel wrote on 2011-11-20 04:41
  At least he's able to say no. I was never able to say no to covering a shift or going in if they needed extra help. =| My not being able to say no is what got me working 2 weeks straight with no days off because they kept calling me in.
• truefire wrote on 2011-11-20 04:42

  Quote from Juno;666050:

  If someone gives less than 24 hour notice and doesn't have a really good reason, sleep is a totally legitimate excuse.

  
  
  ^This so hard. The door swings both ways, folks. You're getting on Akemii's case for not indulging a co-worker (who apparently is constantly asking to be covered for), but it seems to me that if the co-worker can't take the time to elaborate on why they need the shift change, there's no reason to lie about just wanting to sleep. Then the co-worker gets an attitude because Akemii has the gall to say no, even though that's a perfectly acceptable reply to a request. Burnt bridges or no, there are some bridges just not worth crossing.
• Skye wrote on 2011-11-20 04:42

  Quote from Chillax;666101:

  Apparently Akemii has covered for this guy before, so apparently the boss is ok with this. On the contrary, I haven't heard of a teacher that thinks a student doing his/her peer's homework is acceptable.

  
  
  But this is about simply covering for someone, not whether or not a boss is alright with it happening.
• Piero wrote on 2011-11-20 04:56
  He should have at least given a reason. I don't call my friend and ask him to come over and do my chores for me. And if I were to do that (which is highly unlikely) I'd have to provide a godly excuse. Of course he isn't going to cover for him when he has things to do, it's his Sunday off, and he didn't even give an excuse.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-11-20 05:05

  Quote from Skye;666115:

  But this is about simply covering for someone, not whether or not a boss is alright with it happening.

  
  
  You used the homework example as something administratively unacceptable. I replied by saying that while having someone do your homework is unacceptable in the eyes of a teacher, having someone else cover your shift was totally fine with that boss.
  
  I didn't think what Akemii said was completely appropriate, since he started off saying that he wanted his sleep then said he had plans. No one wants to think that he/she is secondary to a person's sleep if he/she needs help, and using that as an excuse usually pisses people off, regardless of whether he/she is in the right or wrong. As for the person who needed Akemii to cover his shift, he was completely wrong in saying what he did, but considering the response from Akemii, I can understand why he replied that way. Maybe the city I grew up in was more sensitive than most, but being overly straightforward was a sure way of aggravating someone.
  
  
  

  Quote from Piero;666116:

  He should have at least given a reason. I don't call my friend and ask him to come over and do my chores for me. And if I were to do that (which is highly unlikely) I'd have to provide a godly excuse. Of course he isn't going to cover for him when he has things to do, it's his Sunday off, and he didn't even give an excuse.

  
  
  Probably, but unfortunately Akemii didn't ask why.
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-11-20 05:09

  Quote from Skye;666080:

  Y'know, asking someone to work for you is like asking someone to do their homework for you. If you don't want to do it, I don't think you should have to be polite with an excuse. Just don't expect that person to ever do your own homework for you.

  
  It looks like you don't have much experience in the professional world. The two aren't really comparable. In the end, though, it's all about respect.
  
  

  Quote from Chillax;666153:

  Maybe the city I grew up in was more sensitive than most, but being overly straightforward was a sure way of aggravating someone.

  
  Nah, this is a pretty common sense thing. :<
• Skye wrote on 2011-11-20 05:25

  Quote from Yoorah;666157:

  It looks like you don't have much experience in the professional world. The two aren't really comparable. In the end, though, it's all about respect.
  

  
  
  If you look at it in the simplest way possible, like I am, I kind of think they are comparable.
  
  If homework isn't done, you fail at the class. If you don't go into work, you fail at the job. Both things can get you into major trouble.
  If you have no homework on a weekend and want to rest, you can choose to not do someone else's homework if they ask. If you have no hours scheduled on a weekend and want to rest, you can choose to not cover for someone if they ask.
  
  Obviously though, each situation has completely different repercussions, since one is just school and the other one is what's keeping you alive and sheltered. And, depending on your job, you can screw over others if you choose to not go to work one day.
• Kayate wrote on 2011-11-20 05:53
  Wow I found that really rude
• chaolin wrote on 2011-11-20 10:38
  If you don't care enough to blow off his request (legit or not), why do you care about his response? >>
• Piero wrote on 2011-11-20 19:23

  Quote from chaolin;666446:

  If you don't care enough to blow off his request (legit or not), why do you care about his response? >>

  
  
  What does that have to do with him caring? He didn't blow off his request, he politely refused and was at least honest. It doesn't seem that rude, but it's still not very nice. "Blowing off" someone's request is way different from refusing.