Absenteeism is the sweetheart of truants, accomplice of sick building syndrome, the sidekick of slum lords, and the arch enemy of presenteeism, which is an equally dastardly, if slightly less known, ism.

Some who claim to be close to Absenteeism, a.k.a. “Ab-T”, say that it listens to the Grateful Dead and did too many drugs in the 60s. That’s all hearsay, though, and this blog in no way supports such claims.

The fact of the matter is, though, Absenteeism has a problem. A habit, as it were: It can’t be where it’s supposed to be, when it’s supposed to be.