Taking a man day

stoneill · 30-01-2014 02:16PM

If you were taking a man day then go to fcuking work like a man!

aaakev · 30-01-2014 02:16PM

Lapin wrote: »

Glad to read you did these things on different occasions. I would be some feat to accomplish them all at the same time !

By the way, are you a staunch follower of the United Orthodox Jewish Free Presbytarian Church OP that rules out doing these activities at the weekend?

I do these things on the weekend but around the 1st and last quarter I dont have time to do them because of work. I work long hours and am contactable all evening and weekend. Weekends I spend with my partner and 2 kids! Im lucky if I get 3 hours a week in the gym this time of the year!

aaakev · 30-01-2014 02:20PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Round here we call them P45 days.

As in you'll be getting yours in the post if you pull a stunt like that on my time.

If I made you as much money as I do for my boss you wouldnt begrudge me a sick day or two!

roadsmart · 30-01-2014 02:22PM

Ficheall wrote: »

A snatched day?

Boxing Day, of course.

Corvo · 30-01-2014 02:25PM

Yeah - it's called The Cheltenham Festival

Triangla · 30-01-2014 02:26PM

stoneill wrote: »

If you were taking a man day then go to fcuking work like a man!

Or just take a legitimate day off and do whatever you want.

They're your annual leave days, use a few for yourself every now and again.

Eight Ball · 30-01-2014 02:28PM

I usually pull a sickie once every two months sometimes just a day sometimes two. The back is a great excuse for it. Usually just catch up on house work DIY etc.. although nice to relax sometimes. Not in PS btw lol

caustic 1 · 30-01-2014 02:29PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Every day is a Man-Day. Ugh-Ugh-Uuuuuggghhhh!! :cool:

Tim the tool man Taylor fan huh?

Bacon and Cabbage · 30-01-2014 02:53PM

roadsmart wrote: »

I like to take a man-week, every 6 to 8 weeks

That seems awfully frequent...

jimgoose · 30-01-2014 02:53PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Tim the tool man Taylor fan huh?

Oh yeah. :cool:

Dravokivich · 30-01-2014 03:00PM

gimmick wrote: »

Never pulled a sicky ever no? Everything you do is 100% upright and honest. I hope to god you are not posting this on a work computer or on work time. Otherwsie that would make you leeches as well.

I have a man weekend once or twice a year where I head down to West Cork, sometimes on my own, others with a few buddies. No lady prattle to annoy em all weekend and its great.

Herself does similar. Its good to recharge with some solitary eating and drinking and lazing.

You don't get breaks?

30-01-2014 03:01PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Round here we call them P45 days.

As in you'll be getting yours in the post if you pull a stunt like that on my time.

I think the idea is not to tell anyone at work that you are off enjoying yourself rather than being at home sick.

Fred Swanson · 30-01-2014 03:02PM

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Arthur Beesley · 30-01-2014 03:05PM

Bueller...Bueller...Bueller

jimgoose · 30-01-2014 03:06PM

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Bueller...Bueller...Bueller

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!

:D:D

jimboblep · 30-01-2014 03:10PM

Why not , nobody will turn around on their deathbed and say "I wish I had spent more time working"
Life is for living

The Diabolical Monocle · 30-01-2014 03:13PM

aaakev wrote: »

Onc3 or twice a year I like to take a 'man day' where I call into work sick but still leave to go to work as normal. Its a day of freedom where you can do what ever you like! I normally do it at the end of my very busy first quarter because everything else, ie hobbies, kind of gets out on the back burner and and before my busy last quarter.

Iv gone cinema, go karting, surfing, hunting and clay pigeon shooting on different occasions!!

Anyone else ever take man days?

Look look everyone !! ... he went to the cinema by himself hahahahahaha.... all alone haaaahaaaaa. He must be a right oddball.
Hark at his lonliness. ha ha. ha ha.
Lets give him a shifty look and then gossip about him... I heard he keeps a stuffed sheep he calls Clyde and masturbates in the library to the droopy titted women in the libraries national geographics.

The Backwards Man · 30-01-2014 03:16PM

jimboblep wrote: »

Why not , nobody will turn around on their deathbed and say "I wish I had spent more time working"
Life is for living

Life is for living, not lying.

qapmoc · 30-01-2014 03:16PM

aaakev wrote: »

Onc3 or twice a year I like to take a 'man day' where I call into work sick but still leave to go to work as normal. Its a day of freedom where you can do what ever you like! I normally do it at the end of my very busy first quarter because everything else, ie hobbies, kind of gets out on the back burner and and before my busy last quarter.

Iv gone cinema, go karting, surfing, hunting and clay pigeon shooting on different occasions!!

Anyone else ever take man days?

Do not insult the word "man". Real men pull their weight in the economy and do not steal from their bosses. Your booss presumably already pays you for weekends / days off. Annual holidays. Bank holidays or their equivalent time off. And yet you still steal. There are hundreds of thousands of people who would take your job, and salary, and not steal from tyour boss. Why do you not brag to your boss about your exploits or is he at the same carry on?

There are 8764 hours in a year. Your boss (or the taxpayer) probably pays you to work for about 1500 to 1850 hours per year. Yet you fail to pull your weight that is expected because you claim "everything else, ie hobbies, kind of gets out on the back burner"?

Terry1985 · 30-01-2014 03:18PM

jimboblep wrote: »

Why not , nobody will turn around on their deathbed and say "I wish I had spent more time working

They might if they were working on a cure for whatever killed them eg. boneitis

The Diabolical Monocle · 30-01-2014 03:24PM

qapmoc wrote: »

Do not insult the word "man". Real men pull their weight in the economy and do not steal from their bosses.

There are 8764 hours in a year. Your boss (or the taxpayer) probably pays you to work for about 1500 to 1850 hours per year. Yet you fail to pull your weight that is expected

I agree, the millions of unemployed are not real men.
Worldwide economic collapse or not.
Its completely their own fault.

jimgoose · 30-01-2014 03:25PM

qapmoc wrote: »

Do not insult the word "man". Real men pull their weight in the economy and do not steal from their bosses. Your booss presumably already pays you for weekends / days off. Annual holidays. Bank holidays or their equivalent time off. And yet you still steal. There are hundreds of thousands of people who would take your job, and salary, and not steal from tyour boss. Why do you not brag to your boss about your exploits or is he at the same carry on?

There are 8764 hours in a year. Your boss (or the taxpayer) probably pays you to work for about 1500 to 1850 hours per year. Yet you fail to pull your weight that is expected because you claim "everything else, ie hobbies, kind of gets out on the back burner"?

Get back to work, Cratchit!! :pac::pac::pac:

jimboblep · 30-01-2014 03:27PM

well its great to see all the hard workers of the country posting in the middle of a workday

Tazz T · 30-01-2014 03:38PM

qapmoc wrote: »

Do not insult the word "man". Real men pull their weight in the economy and do not steal from their bosses. Your booss presumably already pays you for weekends / days off. Annual holidays. Bank holidays or their equivalent time off. And yet you still steal. There are hundreds of thousands of people who would take your job, and salary, and not steal from tyour boss. Why do you not brag to your boss about your exploits or is he at the same carry on?

There are 8764 hours in a year. Your boss (or the taxpayer) probably pays you to work for about 1500 to 1850 hours per year. Yet you fail to pull your weight that is expected because you claim "everything else, ie hobbies, kind of gets out on the back burner"?

Does that include bosses that exploit their workers (I would consider unpaid overtime theft).

By the way, before anyone asks if I work in the PS, I'm self-employed.

gramar · 30-01-2014 03:43PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

One that knows not to do that to a sentence.

the groutch wrote: »

very apt username

...and I didn't even manage to spell my username correctly!

joseph brand · 30-01-2014 03:47PM

My father's work colleague approached his boss one day and said something like; "I haven't taken a single sick day in the past 8 years." The boss simply replied; "well, they were there for you to take."

It was about 12 days/ year available, which is 96 days he could have taken a 'man day'. He was expecting some sort of thanks. As if.

If someone feels they really need a day off and they're not physically sick, then maybe it's for their mental health. An idea that's so easily overlooked. The person may not consciously realise it themselves.

Employees who never get sick, or come into work sick, regardless (with a box of Max strength Lemsip), are an employer's dream obviously. But they often pass it onto other employees, when they should be at home which only negates their heroism.

gobnaitolunacy · 30-01-2014 03:50PM

jimboblep wrote: »

well its great to see all the hard workers of the country posting in the middle of a workday

This counts as a fag break, for a non-smoker.

jimboblep · 30-01-2014 03:53PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

This counts as a fag break, for a non-smoker.

but your not paid to smoke:D

gimmick · 30-01-2014 04:02PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

You don't get breaks?

You had a 2 hour break did you :rolleyes:

TheDoc · 30-01-2014 04:09PM

So to summarise, your a slacker.

Any half decent company will give staff 20+ holidays a year to use for the exact stuff your talking about.

Taking a man day

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