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Pulling a sickie

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  • 03-11-2010 1:58pm
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    easyeason3
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    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????


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    Cookie_Monster
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    working in work


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    #3
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Not pulling a sickie.


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    Uriel.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭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.


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    Duggy747
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    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.........


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    Big Nasty
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    You're Fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    MistyCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


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


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    deisedevil
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭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? :D


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    Fizman
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    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?


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


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    MistyCheese
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    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".


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

    Shame on you giving us sick people a bad name!


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    flyton5
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    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...


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    bonerm
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    Sickie on a Wednesday? Amateur!


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    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭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.


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    St._Andalou
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    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.


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    keane2097
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    lol public sector


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    #18
    Qwerty27
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    U dont work in Esons do you?!


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    Qwerty27
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭Qwerty27


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

    If not give us a clue!


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    RoyalMarine
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    Honesty pays off. You should join FF.


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    #21
    123balltv
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    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."


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    Shryke
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    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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    _feedback_
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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?


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    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭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!


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    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭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 :D


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    _feedback_
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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 :D

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


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


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    #28
    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭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 ;)


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    #29
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    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.


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    #30
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


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


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    jackiebaron
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    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.


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