IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD YET. MY MOM HAD A STROKE ON NOVEMBER 14TH. WE WERE ON A PLANE TO ARKANSAS ON THE 15TH. WHILE WE WERE IN THE AIR SHE HAD BRAIN SURGERY. IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE WERE THERE FROM THE 15TH TO THE 29TH. WHEN WE GOT HOME THE COUNTY LET MY WIFE GO. THEY SAID IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION BECUASE SHE DID NOT COME BACK ON THE 18TH WHEN SHE TALKED TO HER SUPERVISOR, WHO SAID IT WAS NOT HER MOM, SHE WAS ON UNAPPROVED LEAVE & TO GET BACK IMMEDIATELY. EARLIER THAT MORNING MY MOM HAD A SIEZURE & WAS STILL IN ICU. JENNE CALLED THE BIG BOSS ON THE 18TH & HE SAID SHE COULD BE OFF UNTIL THE 22ND. JENNE SAID IT WAS STILL LIFE OR DEATH WITH MY MOM & OUR TICKETS WERE TO COME HOME ON THE 29TH. HE SAID IF SHE DIED SHE WOULD GET 5 DAYS BEREAVMENT PAY. JENNE SAID IF SHE DID NOT COME BACK TO WORK UNTIL THE 29TH. WOULD SHE BE FIRED. THE BOSS SAID IT WASN'T THAT EASY BUT IT WOULD BE UNPLEASENT. I GUESS IT WAS PRETTY EASY BECAUSE SHE NO LONGER HAS A JOB. THEY WOULDN'T GIVE HER FMLA. JENNE IS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS SO THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. SORRY BUT I NEEDED TO VENT.