Pulling a sickie

begrandx · 29-06-2015 09:12PM #1

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 · 29-06-2015 09:14PM

Go for it. Be grand.

Lucyfur · 29-06-2015 09:16PM

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

lobjet · 29-06-2015 09:17PM

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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-06-2015 09:19PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:22PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:22PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:23PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:25PM

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:

29-06-2015 09:25PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:28PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:31PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:31PM

It is basically theft.

ThinkProgress · 29-06-2015 09:31PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:32PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:34PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:34PM

catallus wrote: »

Are you a communist?

I'm a socialist actually, since you ask!

Future Primitive · 29-06-2015 09:35PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:35PM

[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 · 29-06-2015 09:35PM

Future Primitive wrote: »

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

Yes.

Tony EH · 29-06-2015 09:35PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:36PM

ThinkProgress wrote: »

Yes.

No.

Bongalongherb · 29-06-2015 09:38PM

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

begrandx · 29-06-2015 09:42PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:45PM

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

blade1 · 29-06-2015 09:46PM

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

ThinkProgress · 29-06-2015 09:46PM

Future Primitive wrote: »

No.

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

Menas · 29-06-2015 09:47PM

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

Slunk · 29-06-2015 09:49PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:49PM

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 · 29-06-2015 09:50PM

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

Pulling a sickie

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