# Recording a meeting with my boss, and his boss.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065 "2009-10-08T16:45:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065/21 "2009-10-09T16:14:58Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> That’s my experience. I’ve been to quite a few funerals on my gal’s side of the familly. It never occurred to me to try to use “funeral time.” I’ve always used \*“personal time.” But, that’s just me, and my employer. **Don’t know the OP’s situation, and, of course,** YM **W** V.
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> \*My employer, as is common nowadays, gives you a pool of “personal” days for vacation or sick time.

Bolding mine. As I have said (3 or 4 times), the adopted HR policy for immidiate relatives and FIL and MIL is that an employee, is able to and expected to use 3 days emergency leave and up to 7 days sick leave. NOT vacation time (we don’t do personal days).

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065/22 "2009-10-09T16:19:59Z")

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[http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recording-law-america.htm#State%20Laws%20(Table)](http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recording-law-america.htm#State%20Laws%20(Table))

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065/23 "2009-10-09T16:33:08Z")

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Thank you Chimera. I’m not going to record it. One of the reasons I thought about it is because my boss tends to blow up at the tinyest little thing. Sometimes. Sometimes he’s fine. Once he looses it, it’s best to just walk away. It’s the only thing to do. In any case, I do have witnesses from his last episode, and since his boss will be there at the next meeting, my boss should keep his cool. I almost wish he would blow up so that his boss could see what we are dealing with. I am not going to record. Bad, bad idea.

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-a-meeting-with-my-boss-and-his-boss/513065/24 "2009-10-09T16:34:03Z")

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Sorry for the confusion…if you’re within your rights per policy, I’m 100% behind you. I thought there was a debate over whether or not you were within your rights to use that time for non-immediate family deaths…[/Emily Litella] nevermind! [/Emily Litella]

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