Compassion

[hampshireman]

feel for ya hampshire,,,,,a year ago my wife had a seisure in bed,,,middle of the night,,,spent a week in hospital,,,r.m were ok,,,,i got a weeks unpaid leave,,,but later on checking my payslip they only made it 2 days unpaid and gave me 3 days??? i needed the time away with her and looking after the kids...all school age.

then a couple of months later she had another seisure,,,,this time at 7am,,,,i always ring her to check she is up and getting the kids ready,,,but this morn 1 of the younger kids answered the phone and said he could get mum to wake up,,,,i was out that office faster than s**t off a shovel....this time only 1 day off,,,unpaid,,,and she was diagnosed as sleep seisure or epaletic,,,,so from then on even though the bosses look my way i ring her,,,i carry on primary sorting or throwing in an ag walk,,,but i ring her...ive told them i will do this,,,,they seem to go through spells of cracking down on talking orlads on the phone every now and again.

like i said r.m were ok

just letting u know what happened in my case,,,i understand they have to get mail out in a morn,,,but sometimes we do have genuine problems.

and best of luck in your case son.

I am lucky that my Management are very supportive in this respect. I might disagree with some thins that happen ; but family issues are taken seriously in my office.(as far as my experience goes)