I’m in the Army and haven’t been to work in almost exactly a month. Full pay and benefits and they’ve let sooo many regular requirements slide, and have even extended re-enlistment windows outside of the norm to keep people in longer. All this time and I’m still earning leave, answering the occasional email and I’ve gone in to work once for an hour.

On the negative side, I’ll be punished severely if I host or participate in a gathering with 5 or more people, purchase anything stronger than beer or wine and even then only 1 bottle or six pack at a time, drink any alcohol between 0630-1700, leave a 30 mile radius outside of base, and a few other hard no’s.