Pulling a sickie

easyeason3

I woke up this morning & the thought of going to work just pissed me off. So I decided to pull a sickie!
Currently I'm on the couch under a duvet, I have a massive bar of dairy milk chocolate to munch on & just have nothing to do & all day to do it.
I love duvet days.

So what is everyone else up to?

Or what is the most original excuse you gave for not going into work????

Cookie_Monster

working in work

biko

Not pulling a sickie.

Uriel.

easyeason3 wrote: »

I woke up this morning & the thought of going to work just pissed me off. So I decided to pull a sickie!
Currently I'm on the couch under a duvet, I have a massive bar of dairy milk chocolate to munch on & just have nothing to do & all day to do it.
I love duvet days.

So what is everyone else up to?

Hello ,IMF.

Duggy747

About to go for my lunch, a crappy ham sandwich I cobbled together in a hurry this morning.

I don't even think the bread is fresh Can no longer tell if it's supposed to be brown or white!.................and I don't think that's ham in the middle.........

Big Nasty

You're Fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MistyCheese

There's nothing wrong with pulling a sickie. Just try not to let them sneeze on you.

deisedevil

easyeason3 wrote: »

I woke up this morning & the thought of going to work just pissed me off. So I decided to pull a sickie!
Currently I'm on the couch under a duvet, I have a massive bar of dairy milk chocolate to munch on & just have nothing to do & all day to do it.
I love duvet days.

So what is everyone else up to?

Or what is the most original excuse you gave for not going into work????

But have you not thought about the consequences of your actions and the fact that you have left your work colleagues down badly. You should think about how your sickie affects others.

Anyone else get fed that line when they come back to work?

Fizman

easyeason3 wrote: »

I woke up this morning & the thought of going to work just pissed me off. So I decided to pull a sickie!
Currently I'm on the couch under a duvet, I have a massive bar of dairy milk chocolate to munch on & just have nothing to do & all day to do it.
I love duvet days.

So what is everyone else up to?

Or what is the most original excuse you gave for not going into work????

Correct me if I am wrong here OP, but weren't you struggling to find a job recently enough?

gurramok

God help you when the unemployed read your pulling a sickie post!

MistyCheese

easyeason3 wrote: »

Or what is the most original excuse you gave for not going into work????

I guess the most original excuse I've ever used for not going to work is; I don't have a job. You can't use this excuse though as if you were unemployed you wouldn't be able to afford a duvet. Unless of course it was declared an "essential purchase".

JayEnnis

I'm actually off sick, I'm dying with a chest infection.

Shame on you giving us sick people a bad name!

flyton5

I remember a few years ago when I was working two jobs and had to pull a sickie cause I'd been rostered into both places at the same time. Rang up the boss and told her my grandad had died. Just neglected to mention the fact that it happened 2 years before I was born...

bonerm

Sickie on a Wednesday? Amateur!

easyeason3

Fizman wrote: »

Correct me if I am wrong here OP, but weren't you struggling to find a job recently enough?

About a year & a half ago.
Now I feel like sh!t. Thanks Fizman.

St._Andalou

Working honestly has its rewards. Once I had a sore eye, I could hardly see out of it. I should have taken the day off, it would have been fine, but I couldn't afford it. We didn't get paid for sick days and the office was really busy.

I went into work. I got praised for coming in, even though I was clearly unable. They sent me home at midday, I got paid for a full day's work, and I got told not to come in the following day, just go home and recover, and I got paid for that too.

keane2097

lol public sector

Qwerty27

U dont work in Esons do you?!

Qwerty27

You dont work in Easons do you by any chance?!

If not give us a clue!

RoyalMarine

Honesty pays off. You should join FF.

123balltv

im barely getting the hours in work
wish I could pull a sickie just cant afford to anymore
back in the good auld celtic days my excuses .....
food poisoning
broke a bone
cold, flu, migrane etc

Best sickie ever pulled had to be from Peter in Family Guy...

"Sorry I can't come into work today, my family have all been killed in a horrible plane crash and I am a vegetable. See you tomorrow."

Shryke

I've only pulled a sicky a few times in my life. The rarer it is the more you appreciate it when you have it. And man does it feel great! I can't today though.
Going to work in an hour or two. Most will be asleep when I get home and boot up my 360 for some early hours gaming. I just hate having to tip toe around the house while my housemates are sleeping. The floors are squeaky upstairs.

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Qwerty27 wrote: »

U dont work in Esons do you?!

Qwerty27 wrote: »

You dont work in Easons do you by any chance?!

Is there an echo in here?

Has anyone noticed an echo?

Sykk

elviscostello wrote: »

Is there an echo in here?

Has anyone noticed an echo?

No I didn't but I wonder if yer man works in easons!

easyeason3

Qwerty27 wrote: »

You dont work in Easons do you by any chance?!

If not give us a clue!

No I don't work in Easons.

It's admin & accounts. Boring as fcuk.

Funnily enough down through the years I've had flu, food poinsoning, was in a crash & was on crutches but I still turned up to work. So I'm not a lazy bitch all the time, just today

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easyeason3 wrote: »

No I don't work in Easons.

It's admin & accounts. Boring as fcuk.

Funnily enough down through the years I've had flu, food poinsoning, was in a crash & was on crutches but I still turned up to work. So I'm not a lazy bitch all the time, just today

Admit it, you took the day off to celebrate your 2000th post didn't you?! :cool:

Haven't really pulled any tbh
Feel guilty enough as it is when I AM sick

easyeason3

elviscostello wrote: »

Admit it, you took the day off to celebrate your 2000th post didn't you?! :cool:

Well it will be a highlight of the day for me

Dozen Wicked Words

Dont let anyone stop you enjoying your sickie, guilt is for someone else, I dont know, lets say the public sector or the bankers. As bonerm said though, Wednesday is not giving you full value for your sickie.

CarrickMcJoe

Easyeason pulled a sickie, so she put her hand, in her bosses pocket.
"Thanks Boss"
And took his money!

jackiebaron

My job's easy enough and I don't get paid if I pull a sickie so it's not really worth it. Although I can make up the sick day by working extra hours on other days. Anyway if I'm chronically hungover I just text them saying I'm having a day of. They don't give a toss. My boss is never in the office.

Minstrel27

deisedevil wrote: »

But have you not thought about the consequences of your actions and the fact that you have left your work colleagues down badly. You should think about how your sickie affects others.

Anyone else get fed that line when they come back to work?

You sound too much like HR.

Princess Peach

I'm in work :mad:

Mr Benevolent

Not such a good idea in a deep recession OP. Might as well enjoy it though.

Dravokivich

I don't get the idea of "pulling a sickie" and having a "Me / Duvet Day..." I think it's taking the piss big time and rather childish...

If you want time off just book it off with your holiday time...

Princess Peach

I've never taken a sick day from work in my life :eek:

I did all the time in school and college alright, back when you wouldnt lose the day's pay, you'd just miss some very important education time.

chin_grin

Dravokivich wrote: »

I don't get the idea of "pulling a sickie" and having a "Me / Duvet Day..." I think it's taking the piss big time and rather childish...

If you want time off just book it off with your holiday time...

+1.

scientific1982

Dravokivich wrote: »

I don't get the idea of "pulling a sickie" and having a "Me / Duvet Day..." I think it's taking the piss big time and rather childish...

If you want time off just book it off with your holiday time...

Are you an employer by any chance. Sick days rule.

jimthemental

jackiebaron wrote: »

My job's easy enough and I don't get paid if I pull a sickie so it's not really worth it. Although I can make up the sick day by working extra hours on other days. Anyway if I'm chronically hungover I just text them saying I'm having a day of. They don't give a toss. My boss is never in the office.

Oh Jesus lad! That would be class to work them up again. I don't get paid for them and live at home so if I'm sick I'll just end up getting roped into farm work instead of stewing in my own depression in the office. Week is half over though:)

Dravokivich

scientific1982 wrote: »

Are you an employer by any chance. Sick days rule.

I have to be an employer to have a negative opinion based on people who take fake sick days just because they don't feel like it, or can't handle going in after the previous nights drinking?

Posy

easyeason3 wrote: »

Or what is the most original excuse you gave for not going into work????

I was held up at gunpoint in work and took the following day off.
I'm also having a 'duvet day' today, but it's actually my day off so there's no rebellious edge to it.

iPlop

I haven't pulled a sickie in about five or six years ,I don't feel comfortable doing it and it usually means I have a whole pile of work to catch up on.I even go in when im really sick..I'll probably be laughed at for this:pac:

phill106

Do duvet days exist when you have a wife and kids at home?
Perhaps i can bring my duvet to work with me?

Jaxxy

I love duvet days, do nothing days and sick days. Whether it's a spontaneous thing or something I've planned I love them. Especially when it's cold out and I have a chocolate supply and plenty of rubbish to watch.

You enjoy your duvet day OP, don't mind the rest of this lot they're only bitter.

Luxie

I find any time I've pulled a sickie, I've gotten sick within a week.

iPlop

Luxie wrote: »

I find any time I've pulled a sickie, I've gotten sick within a week.

Karma there I think!

scientific1982

Dravokivich wrote: »

I have to be an employer to have a negative opinion based on people who take fake sick days just because they don't feel like it, or can't handle going in after the previous nights drinking?

No you dont have to be an employer to hold that opinion, just a killjoy.

blackbird98

easyeason3 wrote: »

I woke up this morning & the thought of going to work just pissed me off. So I decided to pull a sickie!

this type of attitude really makes my blood boil. somebody doesn't go to work because they just couldn't be arsed....do you get sick pay?..if so, you think it's ok for somebody to pay you to stay at home, while your employer has to work?? (private sector that is) or taxpayer pays you??

deisedevil wrote: »

You should think about how your sickie affects others........Anyone else get fed that line when they come back to work?

agreed, especially when it's not even a sickie!!

easyeason3 wrote: »

It's admin & accounts. Boring as fcuk...... was in a crash & was on crutches but I still turned up to work. So I'm not a lazy bitch all the time, just today

if it's that boring, give it up and let somebody else get the job, they might appreciate it

somebody trying to redeem themselves here??

thebigbiffo

the most outlandish excuse i ever gave was on a monday morning i rang my boss and told her i'd run over my little king charles spaniel by accident that morning leaving the driveway. i told her i went striaght to the vet who told me she'd broken her hips, that he put a cast on her which included 2 little wheels so she could move around using her front legs...it was this off the cuff embelishment that i'm most proud of.

i dont know what i was thinking...

she was grand about it though - took a couple of weeks back with the whole office asking me how the dog was doing while hiding their smiles before everyone eventually told me to drop it. slagged about it for the rest of my time there (about 2 months).

great laugh, true story

easyeason3

blackbird98 wrote: »

this type of attitude really makes my blood boil. somebody doesn't go to work because they just couldn't be arsed....do you get sick pay?..if so, you think it's ok for somebody to pay you to stay at home, while your employer has to work?? (private sector that is) or taxpayer pays you??



agreed, especially when it's not even a sickie!!



if it's that boring, give it up and let somebody else get the job, they might appreciate it

somebody trying to redeem themselves here??

Simply pointing out that I don't usually do this, not that it's any of your business. And if it makes your blood boil so much why read it & why post on this thread?
Do you think that you have some kind of moral high ground because you don't agree with taking a sick day?
More importantly do you honestly think I care what you think or whether you agree with what I do?

And I do appreciate the job but I can safely say that anyone who gets excited & motivated by doing admin & accounts must be slightly touched.

Adyx

gurramok wrote: »

God help you when the unemployed read your pulling a sickie post!

As an unemployed person reading this thread I have to say... meh. What the OP does is no concern of mine.