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Wed Dec-13-06 08:50 PM
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| If you feel slightly ill and want to call in, |
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do you make yourself sound worse than you are?
Or just say you won't be going in?
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| DeposeTheBoyKing
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Wed Dec-13-06 08:51 PM
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I just did that today! Generally I'm able to do a convincing hoarse throat - but today I notified by e-mail.
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:31 PM
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I usually tell them straight up that I'm not working but once in a while I make a little cough or maybe say something like "I have a wicked head cold". Since I work in the health field they can't really insist I show up and risk making patients sick.
One supervisor told me "darn, we really need you today" and I was thinking "screw you pal, I'm going fishing".
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:32 PM
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| 3. I do what REV does. Complain about a sore throat for a day and then |
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don't show up for a week.
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:36 PM
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| 4. Hey, you try being a phone sex operator with a sore throat. |
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:42 PM
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| 5. Or a male prostitute... |
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:43 PM
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| 6. It could be good. You'd pick up extra dough from all the... |
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...Bonnie Tyler fetishists.
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Wed Dec-13-06 11:05 PM
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| 12. Does Toby have your number? |
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:55 PM
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| 10. don't waffle about it |
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If you feel slightly ill, don't tone it down. You're too sick to come to work, period.
If you get a couple more hours of sleep and then feel well enough to play the rest of the day, its yours to enjoy.
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Wed Dec-13-06 09:59 PM
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| 11. Tell them you have diarrhea. |
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Trust me--NOBODY is gonna ask for any details and they most certainly do NOT want you there.
:evilgrin:
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Wed Dec-13-06 11:44 PM
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| 13. I'm a stay at home mom. I don't get to phone-in sick. BUT..... |
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when I was out in the work force, I definitely made myself sound worse than I actually felt.
And if you really want a day off...tell them you have the stomach flu. That'll get you a pass every time. Nobody wants to catch the stomach flu from you.
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Thu Dec-14-06 01:13 AM
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| 14. No. If I'm sick enough to stay home, I just say so. |
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Sometimes sick doesn't "sound" sick, and the famous fake cough is so obvious.
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