Pulling a sickie

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.

coconut5

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??

I don't know, you can't take life so seriously all the time. If you take a sick day and you're not really sick, it's not the best thing ever, but is it really so bad? If you feel miserable about not going in, then I say take your sick day. It's not going to matter in the long run.

deisedevil

Minstrel27 wrote: »

You sound too much like HR.

LOL!

That's exactly it lad. Hate that auld crap.

changes

thank god your not a public servant OP - we would be at page 50 and people would be trying to climb through their computers to lynch you.

angelfire9

easyeason3 wrote: »

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.

As an unemployed accountant I would love to have your "boring" job!

Agricola

Yeah I pull the odd sickie from time to time. Theres an allowance of sick instances you can get through before HR come calling so I try my best to make use of them! Its a large private sector company and I dont get paid for the first day of sickness unless it turns into a longer stint and I supply a cert. So I don't give a fúck to be honest. Yer just a number, a cog in the machine maaan, gotta fight the system some how!

liquoriceall

I would never just ring in sick because I didnt feel like going in and if I did have to go out on a week night I wouldnt drink & yes other people do have to suffer because you didnt go to work, there is no entitlement to take a day off 'sick' as someone else said take your annual leave

coffee_cake

Agricola wrote: »

Yeah I pull the odd sickie from time to time. Theres an allowance of sick instances you can get through before HR come calling so I try my best to make use of them! Its a large private sector company and I dont get paid for the first day of sickness unless it turns into a longer stint and I supply a cert. So I don't give a fúck to be honest. Yer just a number, a cog in the machine maaan, gotta fight the system some how!

Anyone ever tell you "it's a limit not a target"?

wild_cat

Only pulled a sickie once.

Still drunk from the night before I asked the people I'd been with what I should say.

I rang up and uttered this....

"I've been up all night with vertigo"

curlzy

Wow AH is very judgey and preachy and not funny tonight, lame, came here for laughs.

alwaysadub

Adyx wrote: »

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

Couldn't agree more!

I've never been caught out after pulling a sickie. One of the lads i worked with here in Galway though rang the boss one Monday morning to say he'd an awful bug and his mam was looking after him blah blah. What he didn't realise was there'd been new phones installed over the weekend with caller id. He'd rang from a Dublin landline number!
Boss was sound though-just gave him some slagging the next day. Your man never pulled a sickie again though