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any decent sick excuses?!!

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  • 03-07-2009 7:13pm
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    moretothegirl
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    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!


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    DubMedic
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    moretothegirl wrote: »
    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!

    You have swine influenza, naturally.

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    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Emergency foot transplant.


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    Gummy Panda
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    Skin failure


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    For two weeks? Are you good at pretending to have a terminal illness?


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    Queen-Mise
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    for two weeks it will have a doctors cert.

    How come you dont get holidays.

    Family crisis is a good one but you cant do that now since you kinda booked hols.


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    Professey Chin
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    Zombies ate my brain


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    nayorleck114
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    Yes, Make sure you are SICK!. otherwise you risk getting fired.


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    jumpguy
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    Sex change op. Hehe, that'd give em a fright.


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    Gummy Panda
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    work related stress


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    Zillah
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    You're going to be fired, because there's no way they'll accept any excuse without a cert after two weeks.

    You also apparently already asked them for the time off. This is a total failure of an enterprise.

    You may as well just make something up. Tell them you have Whooping Bladder Syndrome, or Fuzzle Nose-Pot Fever.


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    seanybiker
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    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    work related stress
    Good thinking.


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    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Zillah wrote: »
    You're going to be fired, because there's no way they'll accept any excuse without a cert after two weeks.

    Certs mean nothing tbh. So easy to get a cert from a doctor for €20.

    OP, its the company doctor you should fear.


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    enda1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Certs mean nothing tbh. So easy to get a cert from a doctor for €20.

    OP, its the company doctor you should fear.

    ? Certs do mean something - they are legally binding and the company doctor can not be enforced on you.


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    mink_man
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    What sort of sick are we talkin about? Sick as in puking or sick as in I like 5 year old boys, cos theres no excuse for that!


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    waraf
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    Coming back to work with a tan might be a tad suspicious too :)


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    Gummy Panda
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    enda1 wrote: »
    ? Certs do mean something - they are legally binding and the company doctor can not be enforced on you.

    I meant in that it would be hard to get one. Doctors seem very at ease handing them out.. well my doctor defo does. I was kinda shocked.


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    dotsman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭dotsman


    moretothegirl wrote: »
    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!

    Enjoy the dole queue.


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    K4t
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    Just say 'women's issues'. You'll get three weeks if you're a man.


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    Saibh
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    moretothegirl wrote: »
    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!
    If you think you are going to get fired, I wouldn't worry too much about any excuses.


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    markok84
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    waraf wrote: »
    Coming back to work with a tan might be a tad suspicious too :)

    Jaundice? the tan would seal the deal!


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,060 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I raped your dog and got some canine STD

    Thats pretty sick


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    Super-Rush
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    Enjoy the holiday because it will probably be your last for a while.


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    In All Fairness
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    moretothegirl wrote: »
    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!

    Depends on your situation OP. If you are in permanent employment and don't mind your employer hating you forever then it's just a matter of getting a cert. If however you are trying to convince your boss that you actually are sick I'd say that horse bolted when you asked for the time off and were refused. The only thing I could suggest is getting a friend to cause an accident in work in which you get burnt or sprain an ankle. Fall over carelessly left out mop bucket or some such.Once you assure them it was only an accident and you don't intend to take legal action they're unlikely to quibble over your recovery time....but I'd recommend just cancelling the holiday or leaving the job.


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    c4cat
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    moretothegirl wrote: »
    ok so long story short: not allowed take hols from work but i booked one anyway for 2 weeks which means im likely to be fired!! any excuses you can come up with to call in sick that might be believable???!!!

    Tell em yr sick of work and need 2 weeks to recover


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    Wertz
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    "Not allowed take hols from work"

    Why? It's one of your basic rights as an employee, unless you're in some sort of contract type thing I'm not aware of...

    BSing them you're sick for a fortnight is just gonna get you the can...go and demand the time off for family reasons or just tell them you need to get the hell out of the country for a bit.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays


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    thebman
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    Yeah lol forget the holiday. Cancel it and accept the penalties of doing that. Your going to lose a lot more if you lose your job.


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    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    I know a guy that used depression to as an excuse to get off work for 3 weeks.

    Look up what it consists of then go to the doctor and he will give you a Sick cert


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    Gummy Panda
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    Burn your job down?


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    Rented Mule
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    Call in dead.


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    dotsman
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    Wertz wrote: »
    "Not allowed take hols from work"

    Why? It's one of your basic rights as an employee, unless you're in some sort of contract type thing I'm not aware of...

    BSing them you're sick for a fortnight is just gonna get you the can...go and demand the time off for family reasons or just tell them you need to get the hell out of the country for a bit.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays

    It's one of your basic rights to get annual leave. It's not one of your basic rights that you can take annual leave whenever you feel like it. In most jobs, it is at the discretion of your manager as to when you take it (ie the manager needs to make sure that there are enough people around to staff the office/shop/factory/whatever at any given time).


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