i was out for blood last night. my daughter, 18, works in the deli of a grocery store. she showed me a rash on her forearm a few days ago, and i told her to pay attention to what she's come in contact with. she figured out it was the meat slicer.....it's an abrasive rash, isolated to one spot. both hubs (also a grocery clerk) and i told her to tell her supervisor. the deli manager teased her about how it wouldn't work to get time off. she went up one more level, who told her to let the assistant manager know. asst manager told her that it's not a comp problem, it's a food allergy.
i told her that it is not his place to determine the source of a rash, that if he had any doubts he should have sent her to the clinic.
where does he get off telling her something like that?? she's not asking for time off, she's doing what we told her to do, which is report the problem in case it gets worse later, and to ask for help in determining how to avoid a recurrence.
*update* dd texted me a bit ago. big boss is not happy with the way this was blown off by two other supervisors. details to follow.
