I live in a country where it snows and not just a little bit. It's going to snow over 25 cm or snow or close to a solid 10 inches for the Americans here. That's all going to happen in the course of about 3 hours during which I am expected to commute at the risk of my life… unpaid, of course.
Every year, I suffer extreme commute anxiety that last year culminated into a very real life threatening accident where I lost my vehicle when I lost control of it and some 10 minutes later another vehicle also lost control and ran into mine.
I'm trying to call for a motivated absence tonight, and the freaking supervisors are not even answering the phones (I want to swear a blue streak). I can't even ask if my absence may be motivated, but if I were to take a day off, I would not only lose today's wages but also 2 wages bonuses those bloodless snakes finessed into our convention instead of fair wages to combat absences.
I make kayaks, I'm not a doctor. There is no reason why I HAVE to work today other than capitalism run amok. Apparently, it is very important that I produce 80 shitty plastic watercrafts