When my staffers make up excuses so they don't have to show up or do their work, I enter the excuses in my calendar. Let's do a time line, shall we?
So, your dad fell in December.
Your mom fell in February.
Your aunt died in February.
Your dad fell again in March.
Your best friend's mom died in March.
You have to go move your aunt into the nursing home WAIT, WTF? Didn't she die in February?
oh....no........that's my other aunt................
This is all so interesting. Because once upon a time, a teacher told me that all i had to do to have a career in the arts was 1. show up and 2. try not to f*ck up. She said it was ok even if I DID f*ck up, but just to try not to. And you know, given the standard of flakiness in our field, it's true. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteMy question is, does this happen in other fields as well? Because if it does, I don't ever want to take an airplane, eat restaurant food, or send children to day care.