European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 a the stars and stripes monday november 23, 1992 Many workers penalized for illness today s crossword Ann Landers dear Ann Landers 1 can to let that letter from Quot Joy in Washington Quot go by without speaking my piece. She blasted people who go to work sick and Tore into them As if they were out there spreading germs on purpose. Ciet a clue Joy. Millions of people in this country do not get paid sick leave. Staying Home Means missing a Days pay. For folks who Are struggling to gel by this Means culling even More Corners and lining without some genuine necessities. Single mothers really get it in the neck. I have held 10 jobs in four years. All of them have paid about $1 an hour Over the stale minimum wage a just one step ahead of the Law. How about some compassion for those who done to have much of a Choice steaming in Seattle rear steaming in Seattle meet a chafing in Chapel Hill a who also has a few words to soy on the subject dear Ann Quot Joy in Washington wonders Why people who Are sick Don t just stay at Home for a few Days. May i Tell her 1. Your paycheck willbe Short. 2. It will count against you when raises Are considered. 3. You could lose your Job. This happened to a Friend of mine. The reason for her dismissal was Quot unscheduled the Boss does no to need much of a reason to fire you. If he decides he wants you out of there you re gone. Chapel Mill . Dear Chapel the scene in t much better in Virginia Beach a. Read on dear Ann in a a health car worker with so called sick leave. If you Call in sick that Day is deducted from your vacation. Cute Isnit it if you have several illnesses during the year you can forget about taking any kind of vacation. Withhold my name please. The pay is Lousy but i need my Job. Swallowing hard in Virginia Beach a. And Here a the closer folks from Philadelphia dear Ann if you stay Home when you re sick your colleagues May thank you but your Boss has another kind of message. Right now 1 have a temperature of 101. My Throat is so sore i can to talk. I work in a discount department store. If in a absent there is no one to cover for me. No work. No pay. If i stay Home i lose Points at annual review time for being Quot unreliable Ancl a failing to meet attendance excuse me Ann. I have to take another aspirin. Peeling Lousy thank you dear readers after Reading All these letters i done to feel so hot myself. Thanks to All who wrote. La tors to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562. Chicago i. 60611 0562 c creators Syndicate sometimes ignorance really is Bliss dear Abby you asked a Reader Quot if you had mice or cockroaches in your Home you want to be told a you seemed to think the hostess should be told. I disagree with you and Here a a True Story to explain Why when i was about 46, i was sitting in my dads car waiting for him to come out of the hardware store when i saw a Girlfriend of mine go into the store. She did no to see me she was wearing jeans a a a flannel shirt. I help but notice big rips in the scat of her pants the Hole was so big her White underpants showed a few minutes later she came out of the store holding her shirt Down in the Back very self consciously. Someone must have told her about the Hole in her pants when she saw me she came Over and said a did you know i have a big Hole in my pants a quibble dear Abby i said Quot really 1 did no to even notice she looked so relieved and went Home to change. The Point of this Story is people done to want cockroaches or mice any More than they want a Hole in their pants. Let them a save face by believing nobody c4uu it a Jansi Sauer East Wenatchee Wash. Dear Jansi thank you for providing a better answer than mine. Would that we All had 20-20 Hindsight read on dear Abby obviously you have never had any mice or cockroaches in your House. Abby that hostess surely must have seen at least one of these unwelcome pests in her Home at some time or another a and she probably prayed that they would stay out of sight while her guests were there. Have had a few in Mission Viejo Calif. Lot tors of ibis column should to addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate and Rue gun ends the saints sme game. 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