I feel similarly to the O0: If it had been an active shooter drill I would have eaten the takeout. Definitely. Looking to become a digital publisher like us? If they can do it, so can anyone else. Never did an illness/epidemic one, which is too bad, because the covid response here was pathetically weak for the first year or so. Never had a garish, clashing lip color since I learned that trick years ago when I worked in department store cosmetics and was a model for make up/hair when my friends went through state boards for their cosmetology licenses. If your employer or client asks why you can't or don't want to work on the weekends, you are not obligated to provide a reason. If you are in the National Guard, you may be wondering if you can skip a drill weekend. You Had a Flat Tire 10. Here are some valid excuses for missing drill: 1. My mom worked for a large company and has to deal with several (not at her location, thankfully, but as HR she had to deal with the aftermath). Protagonist is South Asian or possibly Middle Eastern man who is meeting a woman for a date? There is a solution that has worked just about everywhere else in the world, and its not this. Absolutely unnecessary. This. Active shooter, hurricane (southeastern state), chemical spill, fire. Im sorry you have to deal with this. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. (Like Alisons proposed it wont be possible.). What are they planning for 7 hours? My university installed Bleeding Control Kits on *every* floor of *every* building a couple years ago. According to the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, approximately 44% of people in postsecondary education are adults over the age of 24. This scenario sounds like the boss just wants to live out some of his first-person shooter video games and wants to drag everyone along with him, regardless as to their comfort level with shooting games. MP00 PEB Forum Regular Member PEB Forum Veteran May 21, 2012 #9 Thanks for the info You must log in or register to reply here. 1. We will be presented with a PowerPoint (or similar) and a handout. None of this is a joke, and Im so mad at this LWs boss because the drills are meant to protect people and theyre done out of fear but we cant have TOO MUCH FEAR, mind you, because thats negative somehow. https://bit.ly/3SDoQpc. It traumatized her. The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. Yes, such a good suggestion to take 2 days off. If you play dumb Yeah, I dunno man, it came out of nowhere youll have them feeling sorry for you and totally fine about cancelling. So, maybe next time? but never a real simulation. The idea that active shooter training is effective at reducing deaths and injuries in the event of a real active shooter is not. SEVEN hours??? That means if you click and buy a product, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. It can absolutely be traumatizing and upsetting as a participant. www.boxingaddictions.net > Blog > Uncategorized > excuses to get out of drill weekend. If youre a party person, in your teens or early twenties, a party at Davids is news that will stir a lot of excitement. That sounds wildly excessive thats the kind of time spend on drills for issues you deal with every day, like chemical release training at a chemical storage facility. I empathize. My kingdom for sensible, trauma-informed, non-security-theater workplace safety training. Anyone who schedules a 7 hour mass shooting drill is not right in their head. SEVEN HOURS? Just type I got a call from my father in the morning today, and he is here in town for some work business. You might think this sounds a lot like thecorny my dog ate my homework excuse, but trust us. And if it is, there is a huge possibility that the other people wont show up either. It demystifies mindfulness and shows you the many simple ways to be mindful while carrying on with your life. One year we had an active shooter trainer come in who said anyone in the lobby would be killed right away, including our receptionists (we didnt have bulletproof glass)! Its very ableist to assume that all people can crouch/somehow hide for hours at a time without feeling pain. If your employer doesnt want you to opt out of the subject matter entirely, they can provide alternatives to a shooter simulation like reading training materials or creating an individual safety plan. I have done this several times throughout my career. You Have a Doctor's Appointment 3. As the first step in run-hide-fight, you totally should call in sick, say you are running. Just another site. Learn how your comment data is processed. Separately, my cousins kid came home from kindergarten sobbing because she thought a drill was an actual shooter event. You already know so much more about what to do in this instance than any of us Olds who didnt do this in school. Pretty sure I called in sick that day. #2 "I Have The Runs" If there is valuable information being conveyed, I want to know it, but the toll on my mental health if I do this training is going to be immense, and I cannot imagine what content they will be teaching that I havent already heard and internalized many times before. I bet too many people at work would opt if they could (even just for if Im going to be at work I have actual work to do) and make it not useful training. And WTF is a pencil going to do against someone with an AK47. The drill was ultimately canceled after my employers legal counsel also reviewed the release and advised that an employer should not be asking employees to sign it. Youre talking about the kind of training that professionals receive. You are studying 7. Id never treat a younger person badly for refusing this. To be clear I am not an emergency response person, so feel free to respond if you are and correct me. related excuse is only going to work if its not a work gathering. I am well into Gen X and we did an active shooter training and I hated every moment of it. From my recollection, they never talk about peoples legit reactions in the moment. His work has been featured in Medium, WikiHow and Chron and is currently authoring his new book on overcoming procrastination and achieving goals. Also, youre making some broad assumptions here about the quality of training delivered in all workplaces. For one we were on lockdown. (And get a pizza delivered to your address. To assist you in this challenging situation, weve written 25 fantastic excuses to get you out of an unavoidable social gathering that you dont want to attend. 5) Dont take drill too seriously. He might be trying to joke, of course, but. Hearing it makes me think well, of course but I might not have thought of that when telling my staff about it. We love the unique finds, social media templates, vectors you name it they have it. My direct boss fought it and tried to get me excused, but her boss was firm that it was required. (They literally had us hiding in our offices while the public was still in our spaces creating a safety hazard while doing safety training!) and if i got any pushback id say it was a mental health day. They ended up with injuries when one of the factory guys had a turn at being shooter and took out some aggression on management. We no longer politely hold the door open to let a stranger into our secure building. The most serious consequence of missing a drill weekend is getting drummed out of the reserves. Several of their colleagues/friends were injured, and the shooter (another colleague) died. /lolsob/. Shop hundreds of premium Divi products like Divi child themes, Divi layouts, and Divi plugins on Divi Cake, the community-driven Divi Marketplace. This knife-edge behavior, scared enough to schedule drills, not scared enough to take it seriously it has to stop. Michelle Rennex, Film - Short answer, no. Call out sick. You were asked to attenda raging, booze-filled pub crawlon Friday? Michelle Rennex, Culture When someone says, "We should get brunch this weekend" respond with "I love brunch!" This way you have successfully. This means that even though the weekend has traditionally been a time of leisure, modern workplace trends mean that a lot of people work on the weekends. But hes a nice guy . Really, you could. Also: Now after 30 years, trying to get out of teaching. there were no office doors to close and we had no escape roots beside the main hall, so we would be trapped. if your boss asks, just say you woke up feeling too sick to work that day. However, keep in mind that your commander has the final say and may not approve your request. First responders and EM do exercises to improve our side of it. Its not worth getting worked up over. If you do not own a car, you might be thinking that you got to pass all the car excuses. You may not even know who the person is, but as long as your friends are going, youre good to go. The UK is having a heck of a lot of problems, and every so often we wonder if wed need to head back Stateside, but active shooter drills keep it crossed off the list. This is a good perspective I can take to my leadership to let them know that while SOME of our employees might want this, it could also be detrimental to others. I hope it goes well, and click send. Ive been tasked with figure out an active shooter training for my work and fitting it in with our regular drill schedule, but I justI get upset every time I go through the materials. Hes that cavalier about mass mayhem?? My employer has Active Shooter Training videos, but the intro states that if the viewer doesnt want to watch for any reason, you dont have to and heres a transcript. Teasing you and demanding you attend is NOT appropriate, no matter their age. The entire video was him sitting in an empty conference room talking. **Large scale mass shooting at organization. Active shooter drills and lockdown drills are one of the few that my kids take seriously. I had to listen to 911 calls, crying children, the lot. Precisely, More Training Needed. Im sorry, but its an all-day event? I wouldnt outright say it was a mental health day, since this boss almost certainly wouldnt consider that a valid sick day given his opinions on mental health. If you felt deeply about every shooting you hear about as you did about the first, youd be in a padded room. Yup I was going to do this pre-pandemic to get out of a (much more minor) mandatory fun activity that happened to involve one of my anxiety triggers because I knew trying to explain why something most people think is at worst annoying makes me shake with nerves was just not worth spending political capital on. A side hustle is any job that you do in addition to your normal or main source of income. This isnt going to be the first time someone tries to tell him that people have traumas and mental health needs. Im worried that would get her fired. Its also an opportunity for leaders to get some valuable hands-on time with their troops.