But wouldn't it have been good if your workplace conditions had been such that you could have?
Ah.
Workplace conditions of the Tool and Die industry in Lower Michigan and Northern Indiana.
One place I worked at had this attendance policy:
If you signed in late by even one minute it was a half point (morning or lunch)
If you signed in more than 15 minutes late it was a full point (morning or lunch)
If you signed out early for lunch or at the end of the day it was a full point.
Points expired in 6 months.
If you collected more than a certain number of points, it was an automatic 3 day suspension to be taken at your supervisor's convenience. Could be next week, could be 3 years from now. If you got so much as a half point before that suspension is discharged you are automatically terminated.
One guy who was a die repairman (a
rare commodity) ran afoul of that. It had been a rough winter and his wife was pregnant so he got stuck in snow a few times and had to take time off to take his wife to the doctor. He got the 3 day suspension. 6 months later he was called on a Saturday morning (he was NOT scheduled to work that weekend) to come in and fix a die from a crash so they could get it back in production. He came in, fixed the die and left. But since he was called in AFTER the start of the shift that day, he got another point. When he come to punch in Monday am, he was told that he had been fired and to take up his tools and leave.
While Modineer had more stringent rules than some other places, it was not that far out of the norm for that industry in that part of the country.