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    Default I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    So over the weekend i got conjunctivitis in my eye. It has been swollen and puffy for days. It is also highly contagious. So i call off last night and I was told not to come in the rest of the week. what a bunch of shit. In my mind im kind of laughing. I have a week vacation i guess. They have done this to a few other girls as well. The thing is, I don't call off much, and the times i have (very few), I replaced it with another day.... Its there loss though that i won't be there... Is this even legal to do???

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Yes, its "legal".

    Why? Because if you complain and bitch too much, they'll just let you go and replace you with one of the dozens of girls looking to work there.

    Besides, if you are an IC, they can do whatever they want in that regard.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
    Yes, its "legal".

    Why? Because if you complain and bitch too much, they'll just let you go and replace you with one of the dozens of girls looking to work there.

    Besides, if you are an IC, they can do whatever they want in that regard.
    I don't complain and bitch. I hardly ever call off. I am there when i need to be. They were taking it out on me, the fact that they only had seven girls working last night. When i called in last night, i was offering to work two extra nights to make up for it and the manager wouldn't accept it.... They have done this to a few other girls as well....

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Does it make any difference if you bring in a doctors note or are they just being assholes for the sake of being assholes??? This is the kind of stuff that really bothers me, we are IC so unless they are paying me an hourly wage i feel like i should be able to come in or not come in when I want to.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Managers can be dicks. Ours posted a bunch of signs in the dressing room that said "if you call in, you MAY be sent home from another shift at manager's discretion. if you don't call in and don't show up, you WILL be sent home from another shift at manager's discretion" But since they were often short on girls, you could work a month or so without being sent home, and then the manager would get a hair up his ass and say, oh, we have too many girls tonight, and you missed a shift 2 mnonths ago, go home. *rolls eyes*
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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    its like they are trying to prove a point. I am 24 years old, in school, responsible, there on time for work. I don't cause problems. Like i said, they were short on girls for the night and i got it taken out on me.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    I think it's majorly unfair. You did the responsible thing by not going to work with something contagious...and not just the right thing for you but the club also, but like VG said..what ya gonna do? That is the nature of this buisness.
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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Aren't they just trying to keep you out for a bit just so you don't spread anything? You may think it's gone but there could still be contagious germs lingering. At my club one of my best friends had pink eye and they wouldn't let her back for a week even though she wanted to come back after two days. Pure health reasons, no spite.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    It's mandatory to keep kids home from school for a few days as well. Mabe someone was in the office with them and they couldn't openly talk.
    If it was just spite don't sweat it. Your regulars will get all happy when they see you again, and you'll have a freshness again when you go back to work.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Good point(s)...maybe they were concerned you may still being contagious.
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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    I'm in agreements with the contagious thing. Regardless of whether your manager was upset or whatever, you SHOULD be home all week...

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Why don't you go in to talk to your manager and wipe your pinkeye on his shoulder . . .

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    LOL^^ Put pink eye juice on the coffee mug lip. Its best that you stayed home. I used to get stye often and its not sexy around customers looking like a monster. However, they shouldnt have been dicks about it suspending you and such. If you want to go back maybe you can bring in a doc's note saying you are clear of pink eye.
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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    Kamryn I had almost the same thing happen to me! Except it wasn't conjunctivitis, I had scratched my eye. When I called out and he got snippy with me, I explained that I was wearing an eye patch. (Gauze, tape... on my face.) He said that some custys would be turned on by that - ew - and when I still refused told me not to come in for the rest of my shifts this week. I told him that was fine and he said that if I didn't come in that night I shouldn't come back at all. I told him I liked that idea better.

    It was utterly infuriating, but it prompted me to go back to my first club, where they treated us like people. I stayed there for the rest of my dancing career and after that I never considered working for assholes again. It wasn't the highest dollar club in the area, but I always did well there and no manager ever treated me like shit after that.

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    Default Re: I called off.... Got suspended for the week??? wtf

    ^^That is great that you had a back up club to go to. A dancer should never be exclusive to one club. A club legally cannot require you to be exclusive to them unless you are an on-the-books employee.

    Another way around the clubs getting pissy about dancers wanting to work for other clubs, is to work "out of town". So if there is a decent club within an hour of your home, it is easy enough to commute to, but far enough away that you can claim "out of town" status and simply schedule week to week w/o making a permanent schedule.

    Also, thank you for staying home with your conjuctivitis. I hate it when girls come in sick and get everyone else sick, too. You did the responisible thing, your manager was the one who was being irresponible.


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