The Brazilian system has struck again.
Sergio the Driver has been out sick since Monday. He has an inner ear infection. His doctor gave him a note saying that he needs 15 days off work to recover from this inner ear infection.
Of course I am sympathetic to illness. Of course I don't want him to come if he's sick and needs to be home in bed.
But...15 days for an ear infection??? A common course of antibiotics is 10 days.
Puh-lease. Abuse, I say.
He says he'll try to come back on Monday-but he's under no legal obligation to return. We'll see.
Thanks for asking, I am doing fine without my driver. It's not really the driving that's a problem here- so long as you are aware of people's nasty little habit of turning left from the right lane and right from the left lane; it's the parking (or serious lack thereof) that will get you every time. But, we are managing just fine. (Not so fine that I don't want him to come back though...)
And yes, I realize I have just seriously increased my chances of having an inner ear infection that lasts for 2+ weeks.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Two Week Paid Ear Infection
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6 comments:
no inner ear infection, no inner ear infection.....
Jeferson/Carlos TO THE RESCUE!!
:)BG
hahaha, the word verification for me tonight before I can post this comment is....
NOSIGHTI
exactly what Sergio is, no-sight-i
just like Portuguese and everything!
That must be some serious ear infection- He needs antibiotics from the US apparently, because turnaround is much faster :)
I'm trying to muster up some sympathy here but you just had 2 massages in 24 hours... :)
Ballerina Girl-yes I should have mentioned how you've helped me so much this week-lending me Jefferson. :)
HN: exactly!
Janet: I'm sorry-do I sound like a brat? I always have that fear when I blog about things that are so much a part of the life here (maids and drivers)- but mostly foreign in the States.
It's not really that it's an inconvenience for me that frustrates me so much but that doctors are so willing to give people 2 weeks off for the slightest thing-at the expense of the employer. And there's nothing you can do about it.
But yes, I will try to focus on my massages. :)
To be fair he has a man ear infection. Very different from a regular infection.
Ay ay ay.
;)
NCS: touché my friend, touché!
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