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  Not very exciting, but loved hanging out on beaches on the west coast. This one went from a dock to a nice sandy beach that was bordered by a clay cliff. Well, a friend and I roll up and run quite a distance (ah, youthful energy!) exploring along the clay cliffs when the waves get weirdly big and loud. I guess the tide was actually coming in, not going out, and the cliffs weren't climbable. Only way safely out was off the beach and back to the dock. The stretch we were on wasn't even acc...

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  Youre right. It still seems relevant to me that even among the childed, there seem to be “levels” of whose kids are automatically privy to easier/better care. But yes… I recall a coworker who drove truck getting hell for staying home with his wife when they had to put down their beloved dog. One guy scoffed and said it was ridiculous and he needed to man up and show up instead of using time off for a dog. I was floored. Seems like if youre high enough up, you can take a day off for anything an...

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  I think this shows up in various ways. Watching a salaried worker come in late, stay home cause kids are sick, take off early because kids have dental appt, etc versus watching the low paid hourly worker under them go without pay to take care of all the same things because they aren’t salaried, have no wfh ability, and are out of leave from using it so often sucks.