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28. compassion.

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:45 PM

Nov 2012

because compassion is far too expensive to let her freaking puke in the bathroom

I hope they really pay now

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Pregnant? Getting sick at work? No problem, here's a trash can, keep working [View all] The Straight Story Nov 2012 OP

I hope she wins geardaddy Nov 2012 #1

the outright disrespect for women in this country infuriates me! liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #2

+10000 woo me with science Nov 2012 #8

this is not new hollysmom Nov 2012 #3

Ah, so cancer patients vomiting from chemotherapy - same thing? IdaBriggs Nov 2012 #6

"A certain amount of unpaid bathroom time per day" forestpath Nov 2012 #9

Bathroom breaks "once a day, maybe none." ? Ilsa Nov 2012 #11

Wow...just wow! FieryLocks Nov 2012 #14

Pregnancy is a medical condition and should be treated as such. ceile Nov 2012 #16

I think you may be lost Capt. Obvious Nov 2012 #17

giving birth is a choice, you see laundry_queen Nov 2012 #25

There is a fair way around it LadyHawkAZ Nov 2012 #18

How did you pay for labor and delivery? yardwork Nov 2012 #20

I should have scrolled down. Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #31

That is just crazy in every way. Squinch Nov 2012 #26

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm................. Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2012 #27

You are fortunate that you had alternate means of getting health insurance Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #30

wow. fishwax Nov 2012 #33

Really? directed at DaniDubois... Agschmid Nov 2012 #34

I really, really try Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #13

Ditto! FieryLocks Nov 2012 #15

if you have to go to work sick datasuspect Nov 2012 #19

Who wants to work next to somebody ralphing into a wastebasket? LeftyMom Nov 2012 #23

Sadly, this is nothing new. KatyaR Nov 2012 #24

compassion. MrsBrady Nov 2012 #28