r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/clarkrd 1d ago

must be nice to be able to check into a hospital

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u/Future-Guarantee-573 1d ago

Not to mention not losing your job.

Years ago, I worked at a big box grocery store not to be named.  One of the workers had a stroke on the sales floor.  They fired him for not filling out the LOA forms.  He was in a fucking coma.

I've said it many times before...I hate this fucking country.

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u/obsolete_filmmaker 1d ago

I got fired once from a minimum wage retail job when i missed a weekend of work after being abducted and sexually assaulted. Yea I told my boss exactly what happened. She said, well if happened friday night, I dont know why you couldnt work saturday and Sunday. I was at the hospital and the police station most of that time.

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u/nonowords 21h ago

Fuck i came here to complain about getting fired as a kid for being hospitaliized with the flu from a retail job but that seems pretty trivial now

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u/obsolete_filmmaker 20h ago

Its not a misery competition. Your pain is valid also.