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When you have a family emergency and need to call out of work, not all bosses and managers are understanding and reasonable.
But, when your child is fighting for their life, you would assume that any manager would be sympathetic and understand you need to be there and not at work. However, this wasn’t the case for one Michigan mother whose 18-year-old son is currently fighting for his life on life support.
This is Crystal Reynolds Fisher from Michigan.
Currently, her 18-year-old son is on life support in the hospital after running a fever or 104. Doctors are still trying to figure out just what caused his high fever.
Like any parent, Crystal wanted to stay by her son’s side in the hospital until doctors could figure out just what was going on.
She decided to text her manager about her son’s condition and request time off from work so she can be with her family. However, her manager was less than understanding.
For some reason, her manager (Dawn) couldn’t understand why Crystal wouldn’t be able to come to work. She even went as far as calling the entire situation “drama.”
Crystal couldn’t believe that her manager was trying to say she was “quitting” by trying to take a day off to be with her son, who is extremely ill.
Crystal was so angry, she shared the screenshots of the text messages with her manager on Facebook. Over 85,000 people shared the photos, leaving comments about how disgusted they were by the manager’s behavior and urging Crystal to speak to corporate.
Posted by Crystal Reynolds Fisher on Saturday, June 30, 2018
Eventually, the post and photos did make it to the company that owns the store where Crystal and Dawn work. The company issued a statement on their Facebook page which indicated that the manager was promptly fired after investigating the situation and that Crystal has been given as much time off as she needs to take care of her son.
