Anything and Everything's an acronym today.  Blame it on texting if you want, but it's hard to even refer to the 3 letters used and abused by kids to grandmothers as shorthand.  We're the instant gratification generation, and it was only a matter of time before we simply decided we didn't have the time to utter "I don't know" which of course became Idk.  It's hard to keep up with the constant modifications, but virtually every person has at least seen one of the following: lol, omg, fml, wtf, idk, tbd, tba, etc. 



The acronym around my office that's creating some serious havoc as of late would be FMLA.   If you're unfamiliar with FMLA, it's the Family & Medical Leave Act passed in 1993.  It was passed, undoubtedly, with the intentions of allowing employees to have their jobs protected in the event of a personal crisis.  The idea was that if an unforeseen burden occurred, and you didn't have enough time off built up to cushion the fall then you could apply for FMLA and still have your job when you returned.  My boss did have a personal tragedy this past October.  She was understandably out of the office for a couple of weeks to sort everything out.  The catch now is that the rules that apply to everyone else do not seem to apply to her whatsoever.  Instead of just getting FMLA approved by her boss, somehow she managed to get INTERMITTENT FMLA for a yet to be determined amount of time.  Translation: she can now come into work for a couple of hours and then leave for the rest of the day to get her hair done and it's all covered by the policy.  I'm not judging her way that she's dealing with her personal crisis.  I'm saying that if there's a loophole, she clearly has found it.   It should be one way or the other, you either are back to work full-time or you get approved for FMLA and are still out of the office with someone else filling in your duties.