Fiona Apple cancels tour to care for her dying dog

[spade2you]

Originally Posted by agent77

Not trying to knock Fiona Apple, but if I called off work for that, I'd probably get fired, and my co-workers would call me stupid.

Originally Posted by seventhson

must suck to work where you work.

My employer would probably do the same. If it were a family member, I could get FMLA.

[Hellbastard]

WHO IS FIONA APPLE?

[Josh Pelican]

I'd cancel a tour even if a band member's pet died. Although, I think I'm the only one in the band with pets at present.

[notverygood]

Originally Posted by Steve

Huh! The thought of asking to actually get paid for the time off never even entered my mind. That woulld be some pretty big cajones right there.

I imagine it's gonna cost Fiona a few shekels before the dust settels as well.

I don't think I or anyone else would argue that it is a financially smart thing to do.

Taking a vacation day (if you have one left) is the only way to get time off for a pet at my place. And really anyplace I've ever worked at or even heard of. If I went in and asked for an unpaid excused day off for a pet problem I would be laughed out of HR. I'd be lucky not to get drug tested. Its like that for everyone I know, blue or white collar.

[jasper383]

I can see taking a tour date off here and there for a pet's illness. But, an entire tour?

[JacoLesFlea]

I like Fiona ever since that Criminal video. This video is cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQfb9pY9fy4

[Jhengsman]

Originally Posted by notverygood

You guys must have great jobs. I asked this around during the holiday and didn't get anyone who thought their job would understand. This included a
Brewery worker (me)
Department head who thought it would hurt his promotion chances
Accountant
Nurse
Various tradesman
Owner of a small company who said that a pet is not an acceptable excuse for calling in

We all agreed that we would either have to burn vacation if we had it, or lie. I not saying this is right or wrong, I'm not looking to get into that. I'm just pointing out that most employers would not accept pets as a excused absence.

Add US Postal worker, I had a co-worker pull a paper suspension, the next step is termination, over the death of one of her cats.

[Josh Pelican]

I work in a hospital and I can guarantee you they'd be fine with it... at least in my department. I'm protected by the Union so they can't just fire me at the snap of a finger.

If they want to attempt to fire me over a pet's death, they can go right ahead. If I'm crying my ass off, they don't want me there and I don't want to be there. There are more jobs in the hospital, anyway.

On the topic of Fiona, I didn't know she still made music.

[bassinplace]

I've lost a couple of dogs that I loved very much. I couldn't afford to take time off though. It would have been a nice luxury if I could have. Kudos to Fiona Apple for having the fortitude to have her priorities in proper order. I've never even checked out her music that much, oddly enough, as I'm a huge fan of the singer songwriter genre. I will pick up some of her stuff asap. Any recommendations?