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I'd show up, hang in a bit.
<asking to hear a statement again a couple of times>
"Sorry guys. Just not with it today. My uncle died last night, had to come in, having a hard time concentrating."
Notice I didn't throw my boss under the bus? :) But the question of why I had to come in festers like a lingering fart. Now the boss has to play the good guy, or praise me for me sacrifice. Either way he looks an ass and I said nothing against him.
Play it from there.
I’d say I wasn’t showing up, then I wouldn’t show up.
You're not understanding the position this person is in. Many Indian techs have no fucking choice.
My wife's Filipino and is scared shitless to call in sick. She's knocking it out the park at her job, works at home most days so I know how she's doing. "But will they fire me if I call in?"
Her employer finally fired her friend after missing 2-weeks, and then a month, among other scattered call-ins. (For context, the friend is bugfuck nuts, not the sort of person you want as a friend or coworker.)
At this point you should admit you are privileged.
Employers will treat you as poorly as you’re willing to accept. My privilege is my belief that I’m not of a lower caste.
If you're a wage slave in an at will employment state you kind of are de facto lower caste though.
You sound like a conservative arguing that being a white American carries no privilege.
Why are you so intent on crying racism? Can your ego not handle the realization you’re a coward?