Since when is it okay to be late ?

Specialties Geriatric

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I work in a very large SNF. At least 4 of the nurses are chronically late. If anyone says anything to them, they cop an attitude. "I picked up this shift extra". I appreciate that you picked up the shift but you still have to be on time.....give me an older nurse any day...we don't call out, we show up on time and we respect our managers.

The chronically late nurses drive me nuts! Especially when they arrive with starbucks or dunckin donuts.

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, ICU.
When 99% of the younger nurses show up late, it is not a 'sweeping generalization'.

Interesting. Based on my anecdotal evidence too, it's predominantly older nurses that are chronically late, feeling fully entitled to being tardy because they've "put in their time."

But I'm smart enough to realize that's a representation of these individuals and their age is just a coincidence. So in short, just get over it or move on.

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