Do you ever have days where you just...can't? Whatever may not have riled you on a normal day is too much on one of those days, and you just can’t…deal? Handle it? Worry about it? Any of the above. You. Just. Can’t.
I have those quite frequently.
With me, it's less of an "I just can't" with a day and more of an "I just can't" with a person. Or several people. Or—some days—most people.
Well, actually, if I just can't with most of the people in a day, I suppose we should just write that particular day off as an "I just can't" kind of day.
Let’s focus on the I just can’t people seeing as how I stumbled across one such person recently.
Picture a young-ish gentleman who had been working at his job for about three weeks. His attendance during those three weeks was abysmal. During the 15 days he was empolyed, this kid called off four times and was late three times. Said another way: he had attendance issues on 7 of the 15 days he had been working. Half. He had attendance problems for half the duration of his assignment.
Shockingly, the supervisor asked us to end the assignment.
I know, I know. Hold your surprise until the end.
Me: Your supervisor reached out to let us know they would like to end your assignment.
Kid: What? Why?
Me: You've had seven attendance violations since you started. Your inability to reliably show up for work on time or at all when scheduled has negatively affected both production as well as team morale. They've decided you are not a good fit and decided to end the assignment.
Kid: silent for a moment Oh. I didn't think it was that important to show up.
Me: ...
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