Pulling a sickie

begrandx

I'm here simultaneously trying to talk myself into & out of pulling a sickie from work tomorrow so I can toddle off to the beach for the day. Have any of you done this?
Will I enjoy it or will it be ruined from being guilt ridden for the day at the thought of the disapproving looks & mountain of work I'll get when I return?
It's gonna be a scorcher tomorrow which is very rare & I don't do it very often.. help me out here, yay or nay?

Agricola

Go for it. Be grand.

Lucyfur

Don't do it. If you do, you'll be struck down with cat aids on the day you've your holidays booked.

lobjet

like with sex offenses the stigma wears off and people quickly forget ... but you always have the memory for yourself.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Karma mate. I worked for 42 years and never pulled a sickie. Only had 6 actual sick days in that period too.

I think taking a sickie is just a sign of dishonesty. But that's probably only me - old school values. A dinosaur.

ThinkProgress

In this world, where companies don't give a cr*p about their employees... I say DO IT.

And don't feel one bit guilty. You're probably under-payed and overworked like most anyway. So why not?

PARlance

begrandx wrote: »

I'm here simultaneously trying to talk myself into & out of pulling a sickie from work tomorrow so I can toddle off to the beach for the day. Have any of you done this?
Will I enjoy it or will it be ruined from being guilt ridden for the day at the thought of the disapproving looks & mountain of work I'll get when I return?
It's gonna be a scorcher tomorrow which is very rare & I don't do it very often.. help me out here, yay or nay?

A lot would depend on your skin complexion. No point pulling a sickie if you're going to arrive in like a cooked lobster on Wednesday.

Collie D

begrandx wrote: »

I'm here simultaneously trying to talk myself into & out of pulling a sickie from work tomorrow so I can toddle off to the beach for the day. Have any of you done this?
Will I enjoy it or will it be ruined from being guilt ridden for the day at the thought of the disapproving looks & mountain of work I'll get when I return?
It's gonna be a scorcher tomorrow which is very rare & I don't do it very often.. help me out here, yay or nay?

I remember my brother coming home from working abroad a few years back. Weather was great so pulled a sickie and we sat in garden with a few beers to catch up. Went back to work the next day with a nice tan which definitely confirmed any suspicions that I wasn't really at death's door.

So if you do call in sick don't go to the beach. Sit in with a box set or something.

TheLastMohican

Why do you ask? Will readers' opinion appease your guilt? Go for it but FFS wrap yourself like a mummy. Face, hands, feet, everything lest someone notices your pink spots.
Or better still, stay indoors and look at holiday brochures, roll a fat one and book a last minute cruise. :cool:

Ellie Straight Jack

Ellie Straight Jack wrote: »

Karma mate. I worked for 42 years and never pulled a sickie. Only had 6 actual sick days in that period too.

I think taking a sickie is just a sign of dishonesty. But that's probably only me - old school values. A dinosaur.

Yep. That's about it really.

Not only is it dishonest, it undermines the whole point of sick days. I don't think it was what Connolly and Larkin fought for.

keithclancy

TheLastMohican wrote: »

Why do you ask? Will readers' opinion appease your guilt? Go for it but FFS wrap yourself like a mummy. Face, hands, feet, everything lest someone notices your pink spots.
Or better still, stay indoors and look at holiday brochures, roll a fat one and book a last minute cruise. :cool:

Or call in sick on the second day of nice weather and say you had sun stroke when you get back.

Should take 2 days rather than one as well, otherwise they might think you were faking it.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep. That's about it really.

Not only is it dishonest, it undermines the whole point of sick days. I don't think it was what Connolly and Larkin fought for.

Imagine the carnage had they called in sick that day in... 1916?

catallus

It is basically theft.

ThinkProgress

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep. That's about it really.

Not only is it dishonest, it undermines the whole point of sick days. I don't think it was what Connolly and Larkin fought for.

What is the point of sick days?

Weaker people get more time off? Stronger people take up the slack?

catallus

ThinkProgress wrote: »

What is the point of sick days?

Weaker people get more time off? Stronger people take up the slack?

Are you a communist?

lizzyman

keithclancy wrote: »

Or call in sick on the second day of nice weather and say you had sun stroke when you get back.

Should take 2 days rather than one as well, otherwise they might think you were faking it.

A bird never did fly on one wing

Avoid the sun though OP. Stay home watching box sets and drinking beer in your underwear. Marvel at your new found freedom.

ThinkProgress

catallus wrote: »

Are you a communist?

I'm a socialist actually, since you ask!

Future Primitive

ThinkProgress wrote: »

What is the point of sick days?

Weaker people get more time off? Stronger people take up the slack?

You're weak if you get struck down with the flu now. Or if you break a limb.

PARlance

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yep. That's about it really.

Not only is it dishonest, it undermines the whole point of sick days. I don't think it was what Connolly and Larkin fought for.

It's a well known fact that JL went on the doss in Stephens Green on many a nice Autumn day during the lock out.

The phrase to "Larke in the park" comes from this.

ThinkProgress

Future Primitive wrote: »

You're weak if you get struck down with the flu now. Or if you break a limb.

Yes.

Tony EH

begrandx wrote: »

I'm here simultaneously trying to talk myself into & out of pulling a sickie from work tomorrow so I can toddle off to the beach for the day. Have any of you done this?
Will I enjoy it or will it be ruined from being guilt ridden for the day at the thought of the disapproving looks & mountain of work I'll get when I return?
It's gonna be a scorcher tomorrow which is very rare & I don't do it very often.. help me out here, yay or nay?

Guilt? You're new at this shit, aren't you.

Future Primitive

ThinkProgress wrote: »

Yes.

No.

Bongalongherb

Just tell them you have the winter vomiting bug, they will pay you not to come into work. Problem solved.

begrandx

Tony EH wrote: »

Guilt? You're new at this shit, aren't you.

Yes, new at it, haven't done it more than twice in 2 years and they were actual sick days.. it's in the back of my head all day, so much so that I actually worked twice as hard today so if I did pull a sickie I wouldn't be leaving a mountain of crap for someone else to deal with!
I'm gonna do it, karma will get me but I'll have a grand old time

Bongalongherb

There's more to life than work. Enjoy the sun.

blade1

I'd laugh if you really got sick just after going back in!:P

ThinkProgress

Future Primitive wrote: »

No.

Weak people love using that word... it's their favorite word. :P

Menas

Remember to wear sunscreen. Nothing worse than turning up for work after been 'sick' with sunburn!

Slunk

Do it. I wouldn't think twice. I may have to do it Saturday and I'm not worried about it. I'll get stung some day when someone else does it. That's the way it goes.

irishmover

There's no harm in a mental health day. One of those every so often benefits my work ethic immensely.

Weekends are too short..

I generally only ever take a mental health day when my workloads are a little quieter. Which is few and far between but still..

DaveWalsh2020

It's so worth using a holiday day...

Streetwalker

Ellie Straight Jack wrote: »

Karma mate. I worked for 42 years and never pulled a sickie. Only had 6 actual sick days in that period too.

I think taking a sickie is just a sign of dishonesty. But that's probably only me - old school values. A dinosaur.

99% of companies wouldn't think twice before fu ckin g over their employees so I certainly wouldn't think twice about taking one day off with a sickie. Go for it OP. Nobodies last words on their deathbed are " I wish I'd spent more time in the office".

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Streetwalker wrote: »

99% of companies wouldn't think twice before fu ckin g over their employees so I certainly wouldn't think twice about taking one day off with a sickie. Go for it OP. Nobodies last words on their deathbed are " I wish I'd spent more time in the office".

Glad to see the work ethos that made Ireland great is alive and well.

Streetwalker

Streetwalker wrote: »

99% of companies wouldn't think twice before fu ckin g over their employees so I certainly wouldn't think twice about taking one day off with a sickie. Go for it OP. Nobodies last words on their deathbed are " I wish I'd spent more time in the office".

Ah.

Made up stats for a nonsense arguments.

"You are entitled to swindle money cos you know they would do it".

There is some old saying about 2 wrongs and so on.

Ruu

The answer lies within your username..look, LOOK!

catallus

First, we justify taking sick days.
Then we justify eating children.

Collie D

catallus wrote: »

First, we justify taking sick days.
Then we justify eating children.

Bit of a stretch, no?

c_man

Do it OP. There's decades of work ahead of you, decades man.

The Backwards Man

Hope it pishes.

catallus

Collie D wrote: »

Bit of a stretch, no?

Knowing the wretched vanity which is the spinning black hole of oblivion at the heart of Man?

No.

Collie D

catallus wrote: »

Knowing the wretched vanity which is the spinning black hole of oblivion at the heart of Man?

No.

Sorry I asked now

Seth Brundle

begrandx wrote: »

I'm here simultaneously trying to talk myself into & out of pulling a sickie from work tomorrow so I can toddle off to the beach for the day. Have any of you done this?

Hi begrandx, this is your boss.
Come see me tomorrow :mad:

demakinz

PARlance wrote: »

A lot would depend on your skin complexion. No point pulling a sickie if you're going to arrive in like a cooked lobster on Wednesday.

This is what i was thinking, if i took tomorrow off id be burnt to a crisp. But luckly i dont start work for another 3 weeks so i can enjoy our 3 day summer the next few days.

SpaceCowb0y

If it's a once in a blue moon thing just do it! 1 missed day is not going to haunt you! I very rarely miss a days work but i usually will take 1 day off over the summer on a particularly good week if say there is a good outdoor gig on the night before and the weather the next day is to be good!

Aongus Von Bismarck

It's an absolutely outrageous and deceitful thing to do. If your job has any sense of responsibility then your colleagues will have to pick up your workload. That, or work doesn't get done. Would you like if your employer rang you up, and told you they wouldn't be paying you today because they didn't feel like it?

Take a look at the C-Suite of your company. You won't find many men and women sitting at the executive table of any organisation who decide to 'pull a sickie' for the sake of it.

Tony EH

begrandx wrote: »

Yes, new at it, haven't done it more than twice in 2 years and they were actual sick days.. it's in the back of my head all day, so much so that I actually worked twice as hard today so if I did pull a sickie I wouldn't be leaving a mountain of crap for someone else to deal with!
I'm gonna do it, karma will get me but I'll have a grand old time

YEEEEEEEEEEEEH

That's the spirit!

In two years time nobody will give a crap. Not even you.

c_man

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

You won't find many men and women sitting at the executive table of any organisation who decide to 'pull a sickie' for the sake of it.

I'd imagine they'd benefit from a day at the beach more than you think.

catallus

c_man wrote: »

I'd imagine they'd benefit from a day at the beach more than you think.

Benefit isn't the matter here.

It's about responsibility. It's about taking a stand against corruption.

Tony EH

catallus wrote: »

First, we justify taking sick days.
Then we justify eating children.

Funniest thing I've read all night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8szNPgrEs

c_man

catallus wrote: »

It's about taking a stand against corruption.

Yes, I think taking a day out from it would do them wonders.

Tony EH

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

You won't find many men and women sitting at the executive table of any organisation who decide to 'pull a sickie' for the sake of it.

No, they ahem "work from home" and have three hour "executive lunches".

:rolleyes: