When Stringency Backfires

At my work, being late by 2 minutes (literally, 120 seconds) counts as one "occurrence," which is the same as being absent for a day, but being absent two days in a row counts the same as only being absent one day. The only difference is the missing pay.

This morning I was washing my face and cleaning up and realized I was about 5 minutes late to leave the house, so I jumped into my clothes, hopped in the car, and got halfway there and realized that I'm still going to be about 5 minutes late, though I was rushing as fast as traffic would allow me.

As I posted about yesterday, I had to call in to get the emergency school stuff figured out, so I called in from my car to avoid another "occurrence," which could lead to my termination. Now, how does that makes any sense? Is this policy really achieving what they want it to achieve? I think not.

On the upside, I picked up a cored pineapple on the way home