Quote:
Originally Posted by Wetdogeared
August 25th was my fourth smoke-less year. We couldn't afford a mortgage and smoke at the same time so we both gave up smoking when we bought our condo. Quitting added about $7,000.00 to our annual budget. 
Hang in here.  WDE. |
August 31st was The Loved One's 19th anniversary of his last smoke. I remember the day, as I got called in to work early to cover his shift as well (actually, he was the Manager, my Manager, but he did morning shift sometimes), as he'd been found lying under his work desk with a lighter in one hand and an unlit smoke in the other. A massive heart attack tended to change his perspective on quite a lot of things, apparently...and I'm not complaining, seeing as within a few months I was a significant beneficiary of one such change.
Ironically, the doctor said if he'd done what he probably should have done, and stayed home from work that day for feeling so bad, he'd have ended up dead on his own floor rather than waiting for an ambulance on work's.
I think the lesson here is, if you have a heart attack, your employees will cover your shift (but don't feel bad, because they might end up having "inappropriate workplace conduct" with you afterwards anyway).
Cheers,
Marc