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DILBERT ScottAdams PEARLSBEFORESWINE StephanPastis PICKLES BrianCrane BABYBLUES JerryScott&RickKirkman THEDUPLEX GlennMcCoy ZITS JerryScott&JimBorgman SHERMAN'SLAGOON JimToomey ARGYLESWEATER ScottHilburn BIZARRO DanPiraro DEARAMY»Ilovemy job. My boss, "Hal," is extremely generous. Hal can be demanding and exacting, but most of the successful people I have worked for were like that, and I'm us ed to it. Last week my mother was admitted to the hos- pital with a broken bone. I called Hal right away to let him know I was going to go straight to the hospital. Hal asked me to go to work before going to the hospital to type up some paperwork needed for an appointment that day. I was pretty shocked that he would ask this, but I did it. That afternoon, one of my co-workers sent me a text to let me know that some paperwork needed to be done early the next day. The co-worker of- fered (twice) to do the pa- perwork, but Hal insisted that I had to do it. My mother's surgery was scheduled for 10 a.m., and the office knew this. I raced in to type up the paperwork, and by the time I was done, the sur- gery was over. I was there when she was brought to recovery, but I really wanted to be with my father during that time. It was obvious that I was extremely upset that Hal required me to come in, but he still didn't get it. A co-worker explained to him why I was so upset. He then delivered a semi-apology, stating that he was sorry that I mis- understood him, and that they could have figured things out in my absence. So now I'm extremely angry. There are many positive aspects to the job, but this is really both- ering me. How do I get over it? —Disenchanted Employee DEAR DISENCHANTED » You work for someone who is not particularly clued-in to the nuances of human cues. If you want a different outcome, you should try to handle things differently. Some of your commu- nication regarding this emergency was second- hand, relayed back and forth through co-workers. In the future, if you have an emergency, you should communicate this to him by saying, "I have a medical emergency in the family. I'll need to take a personal day to deal with it, and likely a half-day tomorrow." If he asks you to come in to the office instead, you can try to offer him a clear-cut path toward him achieving his goal: "Jerry has all the paperwork you need and I'll ask him to submit it to you," or a simple, "I'm sorry. I won't be able to come in this morning." As it is, you went in to the office, competently performed the task, and so he was left with the understanding that you were able to juggle both the work deadlines and your family emergency — and, guess what, he was right. You get over this by learning from it. 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