Personally, I can't understand AT ALL how he pulls this over and over again with weeks off and made up stories as to why he couldn't come in, doesn't call in and goes back into work and doesn't get fired or a talking to! People just go up to him and ask if he's okay. He did this countless times at his previous job (it was a union job so I thought somehow he's getting around the rules) but at this one I think this is the 3rd time since August that he's been gone for 1 week+ with zero consequences! Every time I freak out about what is going to happen and it is always for no reason at all.