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    >   I can't speak for the other 49 states, but in West Virginia, by law, one   
    > cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public,   
    > non-profit medical facility.     
    >   This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be turned   
    > away from such a facility.   
    >   I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.   
      
   Nice, but how many of these public non-profit medical associations exist, & how   
   well staffed(& equipment) are they?   
      
    > > You're the one & onlty G20 country without universal coverage   
      
    >   Getting a bit close to modern times there, not to mention modern   
    > politics.   
      
   Nah, it's just philosophy now. . .  ;)    
      
    > > never had a boss question my request for tuime off, paid or not.    
      
    >   With my company one can request time off, for a good reason (doctors   
    > appointment, etc).   
    >   My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally agrees   
    > to it.   
      
   Good enough, eh? Do you need a doctor's letter each time?   
      
    >   Being semi-retired I do a bit more leeway on getting time off.  There   
    > isn't a lot the company can do about it.     
      
   You give them solid work when y ou can & expect to be left alone when you   
   can't, eh?   
      
    >   When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request   
    > a month to six weeks in advance.  The same last year with two weeks off.    
    >   Security is different from most other companies.  We are expected to be   
    > available to work 24/7/365.  Thus one can be called to work on their day   
    > off, work doubles, etc.   
      
   Ouch.  :) My job in my current employewas suposed to be understood liike an   
   emergency room.  12-hour shifts & shift end time was dependent on need at the   
   time.   
      
    >   We always work holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years   
    > especially) since many businesses are closed and need extra coverage.   
      
   Makes sense to me! Are you on site, or remote monitoring?   
      
    >   Married people get dibs on having the day off since they have families.   
      
   Employers used to give more flexibility (& pay) to the married folk, especially   
   if they had kids.  Now they try to skint everyone.   
      
    > Single people, like me, have no real choice, since we have no real life or   
    > family/friends or anything like that.  :)   
      
   quote, unquote, eh?   
      
    >   Besides, its time and a half.  :)   
      
   Here you get 8 hours pay on your days off for stat holidays & 2.5X total if you   
   work the stat. I loved working stats. . .   
      
    > > Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?   
      
    >   Not in security.   
      
   Sorry, I was thinking teaching, as you'd memtioned the school breaks.   
      
    >   Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single   
    > digits.   
      
   As long as you're getting paid what you should be, & on time, eh?   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
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