A Boring Dystopia

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These aren't "feel good" stories, they're "we live in hell" stories. (64.media.tumblr.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some one not only forbid their time off but then allowed other people to use their time and say yup that solved the issue and that person or persons is a cunt/s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

In this case it reaching that point makes a glimmer of sense. No individual has the authority in this case to say "Hey - this is tragic and we need to make an exception to take care of our employee."

Public employees have very little discretion on things like this. I work in government, and sometimes our hands are 100% tied by code. The difference between private and public rules is that changing or making exceptions to many of our rules requires public hearings and action from elected officials.

I spent an hour today walking a citizen through a process where they were going to have to apply for a permit that I would then deny so they could appeal my decision to P&Z and then Council, and how the 30-day mailed notification requirements to neighbors prior to each meeting combined with the meeting schedules would mean that it couldn't go to P&Z until their March meeting, and then Council in May (because the notification letter for Council has to include the P&Z recommendation).

I think what they're wanting to do is fine, but I don't have the authority to make that decision.