My favorite, and I sympathize with the fellow, was he couldn't be off work (lose pay) so he came in AFTER his hemorrhoids surgery WHILE still on pain meds but couldn't work so was taking a nap in PLAIN VIEW while his coworkers covered & did his job.Yeah, we try really hard to retain people too. Seeing someone get fired is usually a clear sign they ROYALLY screwed up. Like the guy I canned for calling in sick, from the airport, ON SPEAKER PHONE so I could clearly hear the terminal PA system in the background. He hadn't even asked for time off and took a week-long vacation to what turned out to be Cancun. When he got back, we extended his vacation to "permanent".
I've had a couple show up drunk, and one I had to let go because he physically assaulted another member of staff. People ==sh*t.
He lost his job and was able to recover at home. What a pain in the butt!