Ever call in sick to work when you really aren't?

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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,464
    every now and then. in my circus-like atmosphere of a job, when people would call out, creating more work for others, it'd be referred to as "gifting someone up"..
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  • evenflow
    evenflow Posts: 401
    To me, nothings worse than wasting a sick day being sick. :mrgreen:
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I've only had to do that on days when my children were ill and I needed to stay home to take care of them.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I have gotten up, gone to work, realized that I absolutely couldn't stomach it that day, bellyached about being ill and then gone home....kinda like the kid who forgets about a test and plays sick to get out of it
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I tend to get burnt out every once in a while and take a 'mental health day' to recharge the batteries. Not technically a sick day but I always feel better afterwards...
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  • iamsam_pj
    iamsam_pj Posts: 300
    i really should do this from time to time!! in the 5 years that i've been w/ my company, i've only taken 1 sick day...this year and only b/c i had strep throat and didn't want to get anyone else sick!! i don't even take all of my vacation days!! i'm having trouble trying to figure out when to 13 days off between now and july. i should stop working so hard.
  • Arcticangel
    Arcticangel Posts: 1,443
    I've called in hungover and/or otherwise incapacitated (when I was working as a bartender). They were rather understanding.
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  • wolfbear
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    I've always been lucky enough to work in small companies or have been self employed, so I've never really had sick days. If I needed time I took it, but the work was waiting for me when I returned. :)
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    I used to heaps. I would 'chuck a sickie'(as we call it in Australia) when I was well, and work when I was sick.

    At the moment my sister is my boss so I can't chuck a sickie, hell I even work when I'm crook.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    i really should do this from time to time!! in the 5 years that i've been w/ my company, i've only taken 1 sick day...this year and only b/c i had strep throat and didn't want to get anyone else sick!! i don't even take all of my vacation days!! i'm having trouble trying to figure out when to 13 days off between now and july. i should stop working so hard.


    Oh, that should be easy. Just go to your boss and say "Pearl Jam tour, I need 13 days off."
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  • AmentsChick
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    Not at my current job (as a nanny)...but when I worked in a bullshit office setting I did on a regular basis. LOL!
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Not at my current job (as a nanny)...but when I worked in a bullshit office setting I did on a regular basis. LOL!
    I think it's easier in some office jobs where the work needs to be done but isn't particularly urgent. My last job, there were a lot of strict deadlines and short timeframes to do them in so calling in sick would have really left them in the shit. I know people go on about working as part of a team blah blah blah :roll: but when it really IS teamwork, you're not so tempted to call in cos you don't wanna hurt the team.
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  • AmentsChick
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    Heineken Helen wrote:
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Not at my current job (as a nanny)...but when I worked in a bullshit office setting I did on a regular basis. LOL!
    I think it's easier in some office jobs where the work needs to be done but isn't particularly urgent. My last job, there were a lot of strict deadlines and short timeframes to do them in so calling in sick would have really left them in the shit. I know people go on about working as part of a team blah blah blah :roll: but when it really IS teamwork, you're not so tempted to call in cos you don't wanna hurt the team.

    I'll agree with you there. It's all relative. In my last job (accounting) the majority of my work was really flexible, it just had to be done by the end of the month. However, if it was urgent and necessary I wouldn't have called out so easily.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    never! :P

    yes, i do...probably not enough as I have about 35 sick days
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  • Commy
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    sweet adeline wrote:
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  • heidihi
    heidihi Posts: 114
    The "sickie" is a national pass time in Australia. My husband says that days off are wasted on being sick!! ;)

    A couple of years ago my brother took a sickie to catch the State of Origin (a huge rugby league match) and was horrified when the next day he and his mates were on the frontpage of Brisbane's largest newspaper drinking beer on tables in front of a pub up the road from where the game was being played. He had a bit of explaining to do to his boss... lucky he has the gift of the gab!
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i think i did once last year. i feel guilty doing it :oops: and i'm afraid if i do then i'll actually get sick afterwards lol mental health days are so necessary though. i try to arrange a day off when i'm starting to feel overwhelmed. i should do that soon actually...i'm getting there!
  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    littledee wrote:
    The "sickie" is a national pass time in Australia. My husband says that days off are wasted on being sick!! ;)

    A couple of years ago my brother took a sickie to catch the State of Origin (a huge rugby league match) and was horrified when the next day he and his mates were on the frontpage of Brisbane's largest newspaper drinking beer on tables in front of a pub up the road from where the game was being played. He had a bit of explaining to do to his boss... lucky he has the gift of the gab!
    I had a similar thing- was caught on the lead item footage of all the tv stations' evening news, at the front row of the official Socceroos celebration after a huge match back in 2005.

    The boss figured out I'd be sporting a hangover that day, the day after the match, just not to spend the day out partying with random fans from all over the country :)
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I have so many sick days built up though. I got an e-mail from the personnel department recently about the fact that I'd lose those old days if I didn't use 'em. It made me feel like I SHOULD be taking some days off!!
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    all the time. at my old company where i was a manager, my boss didn't really give a shit. so, yea, i took full advantage of it. :twisted:
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