it's unfortunate that you feel the way you do. i can't imagine occurrences being waived for sickness, as they are not, it's in the handbooks, doctor's excuse or not. you could take medical leave and it wouldn't count against you, you could schedule some time off without it counting against you, but calling in without fmla or a leave of absence would result in an occurrence.
i have taken leaves of absence many times since i have been employed there through fmla for a medical issue that i have and i have never had a single occurrence from it. i had my doctor fill out a paper for my illness and am allowed a certain amount of hours i can use every single month for that illness. i simply call in and tell them i am using it and there's no no problem, no occurrence.
regardless of any issues you have had personally, you shouldn't go around posting such negative things that have nothing to do with your complaint against directv. trying to help the customer always comes first in my site. we always do what we can to help the customer. i don't feel that the promos are setup for failure. it's simple for the customer, they either submit an online rebate or they have a csr do it for them. how hard is that? directv even gives them 90 days to do it. how do you not get it done in 90 days? the referral, make sure the person you're referring has your account information and that will get applied as well. all you're doing is causing problems for reps who actually do their jobs and care about customers. they are believing you because they are already upset over their own issues and instead of hurting the company, you are succeeding in making jobs even more difficult for the agents.