I think women should be allowed 2 sick days per month for PMS. It would be a win-win situation for everyone involved, as it would save the men in the office from having to deal with the tyrannical bitch that I become during that time.

/bitch blog

11/11/2008 12:50:56 AM

you can have those if i can have two days/month where i just decide i don't want to go to work.

11/11/2008 12:51:29 AM

so i guess today should've been your day off

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11/11/2008 12:52:21 AM

AND TOMORROW DOESN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!!

11/11/2008 12:53:43 AM

Seriously.

I need some Rx pain meds over here.

11/11/2008 1:04:06 AM

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"as it would save the men in the office from having to deal with the tyrannical bitch that I become during that time."

they could just fire you and not have to deal with you at all.

11/11/2008 1:14:32 AM

I'd go for this:

Men : 1 extra vacation day per month, taken whenever

Women : same as above OR 3 1/2 days taken consecutively OR 2 days + telecommute on both

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 1:17 AM. Reason : .]

11/11/2008 1:17:15 AM

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"I think women should be allowed 2 sick days per month for PMS."

Move to Japan. I am entitled to two days leave every month for PMSing. They're unpaid though

11/11/2008 1:23:38 AM

i can think of someone whom i'd give ALL my vacation days just to not her once every month

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11/11/2008 1:24:33 AM

if these days were unpaid then i wouldnt have a problem with it.

11/11/2008 10:30:05 AM

^

11/11/2008 10:31:35 AM

This thread is ripe for chauvinist comments.

11/11/2008 10:31:52 AM

shit I'd take the unpaid days or work from home. Guys have no idea about running to the bathroom to change tampons all the time, being in a meeting and having your shit bleed through, and cramps. oh yeah and being bitchy.

11/11/2008 10:37:59 AM

well, duh, i'd work from home, too, were that an option

but you don't DESERVE paid days off just because you don't feel good...those are called sick days

seriously, though, if they wanted to give y'all unpaid days off when the moon's flow is upon you...by all means

11/11/2008 10:39:14 AM

You'd still have to go to the bathroom all the time at home. Might as well get paid for it.

11/11/2008 10:39:33 AM

I dated two girls that had no emotional reaction to their periods whatsoever. Should have stayed with both of them.

11/11/2008 10:41:08 AM

Well can we start out with 24 sick days per year?

I haven't gotten to the point where I realize that I'm being a bitch. I only realize it a week later haha. Ooooh so that's why I told the waitress to fuck off when she brought my check....makes sense now!

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 10:42 AM. Reason : ha]

11/11/2008 10:41:26 AM

all it takes is an operation and you'll never bitch about PMS again

i support companies paying for these operations

11/11/2008 10:42:29 AM

unpaid sick days, sure

11/11/2008 10:58:09 AM

I'd be all for it
Especially since I can just roll those into long weekends, what with not having a cycle and all

Seriously, though...if you can't be civil at work and function in an acceptable manner, regardless of the time of month, maybe you ought to closely examine whether you're fit to work outside of your home at all.

11/11/2008 11:07:43 AM

No they could pay us for them and use it to narrow the pay gap b/w men and women. Just calculate the extra benefit from the days off into a salary package.

11/11/2008 11:08:25 AM

hell no. equal is equal.

11/11/2008 11:10:18 AM

hah, you aren't worth the extra pay, sorry to tell you

11/11/2008 11:10:48 AM

This thread makes me

11/11/2008 11:11:02 AM

just do what all the other girls do, and put a towel on the bed

11/11/2008 11:12:23 AM

^ makes me think of this:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1820859

plz2embed

11/11/2008 11:16:46 AM

11/11/2008 11:18:01 AM

this is retarded


(but i'd support if if could get 2 "im too hungover to work" days)

11/11/2008 11:18:26 AM

hmm...hangover days. now there's an idea.

11/11/2008 11:20:25 AM

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"hmm...hangover days. now there's an idea."

Mondays

11/11/2008 11:26:34 AM

11/11/2008 11:53:06 AM

women get paid less for this very reason...as the OP has noted, they require special consideration, if not in the number of compensated sick days, but in how everyone must walk on eggshells with them a couple of times per month

women are probably overpaid, actually

11/11/2008 11:54:27 AM

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"Seriously, though...if you can't be civil at work and function in an acceptable manner, regardless of the time of month, maybe you ought to closely examine whether you're fit to work outside of your home at all."

THIS

11/11/2008 11:56:29 AM

Next, women will be demanding paid leave for when they make babies. When will this shit end?

11/11/2008 11:57:00 AM

^^^ True.

Look, if you can't get over feeling kind of shitty every once in a while and act like an adult and a professional maybe you should consider a job as a tollbooth operator or something.

11/11/2008 12:01:24 PM

jackasses

I think calling PMS a syndrome is kind of funny though
AIDS... now THAT is a syndrome

11/11/2008 12:02:35 PM

HAH...or work at the DMV...every day can be PMS, and no one would notice!

11/11/2008 12:02:51 PM

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"if not in the number of compensated sick days, but in how everyone must walk on eggshells with them a couple of times per month"

Not all women are like this. My (male) boss acts like he is PMSing more often than I do. Hell, they can't even tell when I'm upset, sick, or have PMS at work.

11/11/2008 12:03:12 PM

i can use my paid days off for whatever i want. i took yesterday off work because my bf was in town

so that was like getting a fuck day off or something

11/11/2008 12:04:29 PM

Just because you didn't ask to be born blind doesn't mean I should treat you differently when you complain about not being able to see.

11/11/2008 12:08:17 PM

sure, 2 unpaid sick days with everyone who showed up to work getting your salary for that day split between them as a bonus. sounds like a great idea

11/11/2008 12:09:44 PM

Who gives a shit about PMS

if you want to enter the work force and be treated as a fucking equal then man up and deal with your bitch problems

never an excuse to act like a goddamned baby

11/11/2008 12:12:36 PM

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""Seriously, though...if you can't be civil at work and function in an acceptable manner, regardless of the time of month, maybe you ought to closely examine whether you're fit to work outside of your home at all.""

I'm probably one of the more patient and civil people here, but when hormones are wonk, and I'm answering the same question for the eleventy-billionth time, or dealing with someone that is being a huge turd, I just think of how lovely it would be to be at home curled up in the bed.

Really you could call these mental health days so they would apply to men as well. I KNOW plenty of men that need mental health days from dealing with people.

11/11/2008 12:15:09 PM

looks like you don't need a mental health day from dealing with people

looks like you need a mental health day for being you

big difference

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:16 PM. Reason : .]

11/11/2008 12:16:27 PM

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"I just think of how lovely it would be to be at home curled up in the bed."

That doesn't warrant a day off

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 12:16 PM. Reason : ^pretty much]

11/11/2008 12:16:33 PM

women and men are not equal...not physically, at least

you can't bitch and moan to be treated equally when it's obvious that you want special consideration when it benefits you and not when it doesn't

11/11/2008 12:17:40 PM

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"Not all women are like this."

yup. That time of the month does not affect my behavior/attitude towards others.

11/11/2008 12:17:55 PM

I wonder if you can ask to have extra sick days put into your hiring package because your doctor says you shouldn't work on days you're cramping due to the need to be on pain medication?

just axin

11/11/2008 12:18:22 PM

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"Who gives a shit about PMS if you want to enter the work force and be treated as a fucking equal then man up and deal with your bitch problems never an excuse to act like a goddamned baby"

Wow, that's probably the first time me and Str8Foolish have agreed on something.

11/11/2008 12:18:31 PM

^I have confetti if you need it.

11/11/2008 12:19:12 PM