In my experience, this is a good opportunity to gain insight on how sane a company really is. If a company puts there business before such a unique event, somet

In my experience, this is a good opportunity to gain insight on how sane a company really is. If a company puts there business before such a unique event, something is wrong. I had such a case with the (rather expected, as in "old age") death of relative. Working freelance, we had to call a number of clients that I would have to take a few days off for funeral arrangements spontaneously. Luckily, all of them were very supportive and adjusted their timelines accordingly. I don't know what I would have done if any of them had a problem with that situation. Chances are high I would have dropped the client as soon as possible.