Jury service is a good excuse, plus you're not supposed to talk about the case, so they can't ask any questions! You could probably squeeze a week or two out of that one!
I have NEVER called in sick in 25 years of working. I have been sent home, but have never actually called in... I suck!! :(
Yeah same here because I own my own business. I recently taught aerobic classes for 2 weeks right through that bad chest cold going around. I don't get sick days.
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Jury service is a good excuse, plus you're not supposed to talk about the case, so they can't ask any questions! You could probably squeeze a week or two out of that one!
that's a terrible excuse, because then when you really DO get jury duty you're screwed.
technology has given me the ability to email/text message in sick. Since I can do this I usually get really graphic. The response is usually, " hope you feel better!"
You usually just have to tell them that you are sick and they will not ask questions!
I some how managed to get my penis stuck in the toaster again...
Or along the same lines, "i cant make it in today as last night i was doing my usual nude housework, when suddenly i tripped and knocked myself out, when i awoke some two hours later i realised my penis had somehow managed to find a way of getting stuck in the vacuum nozzle, all i can say is ya dont wanna see the results, its messy alright"
I used to make up every excuse in the book when I was younger and when I worked crappy jobs. But you know what, whenever I said I was sick, I wound up getting sick! I would never ever say someone in my family died. That's just wrong.
I try to keep it simple now. Just say, I don't feel well and take the day off. the less detail, the better.
Working in IT, if I need to take a sick day I can just e-mail it in that I am not feeling well and am taking a sick day. No other explanation needed.
Yep, that's exactly what I normally do. I might be able to use it again this time, even though I used it a few weeks ago...however when I called in sick, the very next day I really DID get sick. So the boss believed me. Bonus.
I have a severe rash and its raw near my naughty bits and cant walk...
next day at work.. nobody can see it... besides believable because who would ever admit to a rash on their groin
Nobody... that's why they won't believe it
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family emergency can involve your mom/sister/brother/father/grandparent/aunt... you get really get creative with this one!
Exactly! I've used this one before when there were one or two occasions that I had to leave work in a hurry... probably to go to the pub
It doesn't even have to be a bad thing... which is why it's better than saying somebodys sick. It could be something like your sisters gone into labour... or your brothers car broke down and his kids will be stranded at school if you don't save the day... or your nephew has finally decided to 'come out' and his mother's having a nervous breakdown and you're the only sane enough one to bring her to her senses.
See... there are several things it could mean but because it COULD be embarrassing and usually IS private, they never ask.
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I used to make up every excuse in the book when I was younger and when I worked crappy jobs. But you know what, whenever I said I was sick, I wound up getting sick! I would never ever say someone in my family died. That's just wrong.
I try to keep it simple now. Just say, I don't feel well and take the day off. the less detail, the better.
that was just you and your guilty conscience.
You do NOT get bad karma for calling in sick when you're not and making an elaborate excuse. I always feel the more elaborate the better and I like to come up with something that perhaps you can even take the second day off if you can't be bothered coming in then either
I've never said somebody died... even when my grandmother (who was a coldhearted bitch anyway) DID die, it would have been the perfect chance to finally get something good out of her... a couple of days off... but I didn't even use that.
I would never say somebody I love is sick either... however there IS one family member who means nothing at all to me so she's had almost every illness there is to have by now... although she IS actually a hypochondriac anyway so I'm sure she actually HAS had them
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I don't need to make shit up to call in sick. I've built up so many brownie points with work, if I needed to go in a few hours late, I'll just tell them exactly why.
Yes, I have used 'I need to buy Pearl Jam tickets to European shows when they go on sale at 5am, for a holiday that I haven't cleared with you yet, and I anticipate that the Ten Club website will fuck up from server overload so I think I won't be able to get in until 11am'
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um, why don't you just call in and say "I'm not feeling well, I won't be coming in today."
they're not going to ask you for follow up, and if they do just say it's personal.
why make some big elaborate lie???
Yeah same here because I own my own business. I recently taught aerobic classes for 2 weeks right through that bad chest cold going around. I don't get sick days.
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that's a terrible excuse, because then when you really DO get jury duty you're screwed.
You usually just have to tell them that you are sick and they will not ask questions!
Disagree, my mom get jury duty at least twice a year. Shes just a sucker who doesnt throw the summons away!
Or along the same lines, "i cant make it in today as last night i was doing my usual nude housework, when suddenly i tripped and knocked myself out, when i awoke some two hours later i realised my penis had somehow managed to find a way of getting stuck in the vacuum nozzle, all i can say is ya dont wanna see the results, its messy alright"
this can not fail....
I used to make up every excuse in the book when I was younger and when I worked crappy jobs. But you know what, whenever I said I was sick, I wound up getting sick! I would never ever say someone in my family died. That's just wrong.
I try to keep it simple now. Just say, I don't feel well and take the day off. the less detail, the better.
You can be asked to do it more than once.
yeah, and then what happens if you get asked like 3 times for real, they're not gonna believe that 1st time was real
Well then you just have to think up another excuse! Not really likely to happen though is it?!
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It doesn't even have to be a bad thing... which is why it's better than saying somebodys sick. It could be something like your sisters gone into labour... or your brothers car broke down and his kids will be stranded at school if you don't save the day... or your nephew has finally decided to 'come out' and his mother's having a nervous breakdown and you're the only sane enough one to bring her to her senses.
See... there are several things it could mean but because it COULD be embarrassing and usually IS private, they never ask.
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
You do NOT get bad karma for calling in sick when you're not and making an elaborate excuse. I always feel the more elaborate the better and I like to come up with something that perhaps you can even take the second day off if you can't be bothered coming in then either
I've never said somebody died... even when my grandmother (who was a coldhearted bitch anyway) DID die, it would have been the perfect chance to finally get something good out of her... a couple of days off... but I didn't even use that.
I would never say somebody I love is sick either... however there IS one family member who means nothing at all to me
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
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Yes, I have used 'I need to buy Pearl Jam tickets to European shows when they go on sale at 5am, for a holiday that I haven't cleared with you yet, and I anticipate that the Ten Club website will fuck up from server overload so I think I won't be able to get in until 11am'
Going the extra mile really comes in handy when I need things to go my way.