A manager disciplines a coworker named Raymond for calling in sick after partying, issuing a formal write-up. Raymond accepts it, recognizes he needs to keep his job for his family, and the two grow closer. Accountability becomes the thing that builds trust.
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Yeah, I'm much older now, you know, so these guys, they will go out, they will party, then they call in sick for work. So I give them the talking to, okay? They not getting to talking to me now I got to give them some paperwork. So now my thing was say, hey, press down hard third, copy yours. Take that one for yourself. And believe it or not, I wrote Raymond up. I disciplined him for calling in city. And that, believe it or not, brought us closer together because he came to me and said, you know what? I'm so glad you wrote me up, because you made me realize I have a family and I need this job. And that's how he and I became close, beyond the job. Because I looked at him and I saw, you know what? This guy want to be here.