[TheMask]

People throw the odd sicky at work or been late for work.

what excuses have you used..?

What excuses have you heard..?

Just got this off a radio phone in

On person phoned in saying his budgie had got out of it's cage at night and landed on his alarm clock and turned it off. Apparently he got away with it

[Stiffy78]

I usually just say I've got the shits.

Sadly I'm the wrong sex to get away with the oft used 'women's problems'.

[Roy Batty]

I've used food poisoning and a total lack of sleep the night before as excuses and they did the trick.

[martinamerlot]

Whenever I'm running late it's always because of traffic. The roads near my workplace are ridiculously busy and the public transport here is a sham. So I tell the truth.

Sickness-again I tell the truth. I'm a migraine sufferer and often have to take a day or two off when the pain's too much to bear.

[TheMask]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

I usually just say I've got the shits.

Sadly I'm the wrong sex to get away with the oft used 'women's problems'.

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

I've used food poisoning and a total lack of sleep the night before as excuses and they did the trick.

These two excuses were the most used on the phone in.

[Roy Batty]

I once knew a bloke who worked with a guy who rang in one day to say his daughter had died. He had loads of time off, condolences etc from the company. One day he was seen in the local shopping centre with his very-much-alive daughter Needless to say he got the sack and a fair few threats from his former workmates.

[martinamerlot]

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

I once knew a bloke who worked with a guy who rang in one day to say his daughter had died. He had loads of time off, condolences etc from the company. One day he was seen in the local shopping centre with his very-much-alive daughter Needless to say he got the sack and a fair few threats from his former workmates.

I know plenty who've used the excuse that it's the likes of Great Aunt Aggie/Great Uncle Horace's funeral (i.e. long dead relatives), but to me pretending you're going to a funeral of a living relative would be tempting fate! And I don't blame the workmates for being annoyed, particularly if they had a collection.

[molliepops]

I remember one woman I used to work with was off on a Friday and was apparently in hospital after a fall with a collapsed lung. Everyone rallied round and did her job as well as their own so she would get paid and had a whip round and sent a huge bowl of fruit and flowers to her. We weren't best pleased I have to say when she walked in perfectly fine on the monday morning

[Red Okktober]

As teenager I once told my boss that my fiancee (I didn't have one) was injured in a car crash and was in a coma. I got about 3 weeks off but felt a bit guilty when I went back and had to answer some awkward questions for quite a while after

[LiLmonkey]

A friend of mine had said that she had to attend her Aunts funeral so she could come to a Big Brother eviction with me.

Her boss spotted us on the TV and she was sacked the next day!

[Mallaha]

I once worked for an awful company with obsessive directors who tried to never let you have time off.
Once, I had a doctor's appointment close to lunch time, and one of them tried to stop me from going. When he demanded to know what was wrong with me, and why it was so bad I needed to take time out of the working day, I blurted out the truth: I had the worst case of thrush ever.

[chris2k2]

I only had 2 sick says off during my time I worked (nearly 3 years), which the 1st was after a year & half and told the truth on both. Lie and you may get caught out.

2 years ago I was suffering from the Noro-Virus (who wasn't) or whatever its called at Xmas when I was already booked off, but the day I was suppose to be back in I was still had the effects so called in Sick as a precaution but went in day after.

2nd sick day, I actually was in the office. On my way into work was in a RTA, but I continued in to work after exchanging details etc has I was 2/3 there. Asked to leave early to go home and sort out insurance etc, but they dismissed me on Sick grounds saying that 'Shock' may kick in and didn't want me to be there. When the company tells you to go home sick, best idea. They told me also to have more than 1 if need be, but didn't feel the need to waste anyones time.


I did almost have a 3rd & 4th Sick day. 1 day on my way into work (catching bus) my Grandad was rushed into Hospital and as you would expect my mind wasn't too clear on what to do - go in or stay home. Never the less I chose to go in as felt I would be in the way. Told my Team Leader that I may not be on par, and they wanted me to go home which I refused.

Unfortunately, on that night going home he passed away. I still went in the next day, to the shock of my TL when they found out what happened - was expecting me to ring in. Again, they wanted me to go home but I refused, but did get Compassionate Leave for the funeral which I accepted.


Don't agree with being Sick unless you desperately got a leg/arm hanging off lol.

[Scamps]

Originally Posted by chris2k2

Don't agree with being Sick unless you desperately got a leg/arm hanging off lol.

Good for you... I on the other hand currently in the place i work, would take a sick day if there was paint that needed watching as it dries.

[Stiffy78]

Originally Posted by chris2k2

Don't agree with being Sick unless you desperately got a leg/arm hanging off lol.

I disagree. I hate when ill people come to work and pass round their illnesses. You're not really doing your company any favours if you coming in results in others going off sick.

[chris2k2]

Originally Posted by Scamps

Good for you... I on the other hand currently in the place i work, would take a sick day if there was paint that needed watching as it dries.

Once I started having issues with my new team & team leader, so would I. I think they knew I didn't like them, has every morning I would arrive later than day before and leave earlier - which was only normally the case on Fridays.

I put up with it for 6 months and then decided enough was enough, and have been alot happier since. I blame this position for my RTA, as I was always getting stressed out over what was happening and not able to sleep properly.

[newwoman]

My old boss was a real dinosaur and couldn't talk about 'womens issues'. The best way to get a sick day was to phone in with period pains or cystitis. He couldn't get you off the phone quick enough.

I was genuinely over an hour late recently due to a trespasser being chased down the tracks by police and also once due to a loose horse on the line.

[chris2k2]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

I disagree. I hate when ill people come to work and pass round their illnesses. You're not really doing your company any favours if you coming in results in others going off sick.

Probably jinking myself here, but for some reason I seem to have a very good immune system and apart from the Noro-Virus which I had, all I tend to have is the occasion headache which is curable by paracetemol.

I agree with you though, and if I was real bad then I would stay off has there could be people you work with who have health conditions which the slightest infection could cause them more harm and AirCons don't help either.


But you do get those people who think its best to come in and pass on their illness to others - hoping it disappears.

Last year, just before I left there was 6 of us on a desk and I was in the middle and all 5 of them got the Flu bad last year that was going around but it skipped me. They all commented on it, that I never seem to get anything bad

I was annoyed has 1 of them joked that they wanted to pass it on to others and thats why they came in. They got paid up to 29 sick days so they could have stayed at home.

[chris2k2]

Originally Posted by newwoman

My old boss was a real dinosaur and couldn't talk about 'womens issues'. The best way to get a sick day was to phone in with period pains or cystitis. He couldn't get you off the phone quick enough.

I was genuinely over an hour late recently due to a trespasser being chased down the tracks by police and also once due to a loose horse on the line.

What happened in this case?

Where I worked, we was on Flexi-Time and as long as I did my 40 hours a week it didn't matter what time I came in or left. However, if it was going to be too late then was expected to ring in.

Always a good thing Flexi-Time in a way. If I needed to nip the bank in the morning or drop someone off or something or have to leave early to do something etc, I could just do it as long as I make up time.

[Smiley433]

I was working for a temp agency at one of their clients. Another temp from the same agency had been working there for a few months. Less that two weeks into my assignment, this other guy turned up one morning very much the worse for alcohol consumption. Mid-morning he asked our boss if he could go home as he wasn't feeling too good - he was duly sent away.

After lunch, the boss came up to me and said that Mr X wont be coming back. The boss had gone for a liquid lunch at the hotel bar next door and found Mr X having another few drinks. Think his argument for "what's the best cure for a hangover?" was "keep drinking".

[Carmen Queasy]

This is a really bad, but true, reason why I called in sick once.

I had a dream that someone phoned me to tell me that it was closed down for the day so I never had to go in.

So, I woke up and thought it was real. I never went in and when they called I was sooooo confused

[lozenger]

Originally Posted by Carmen Queasy

This is a really bad, but true, reason why I called in sick once.

I had a dream that someone phoned me to tell me that it was closed down for the day so I never had to go in.

So, I woke up and thought it was real. I never went in and when they called I was sooooo confused

Hahahahah!! fantastic

my friend was once late for work because it was snowing. It wasnt bad traffic its just that it all looked so different under a blanket of white she lost her way and had to go all the way back home and start again

[newwoman]

Originally Posted by chris2k2

What happened in this case?Where I worked, we was on Flexi-Time and as long as I did my 40 hours a week it didn't matter what time I came in or left. However, if it was going to be too late then was expected to ring in.

Always a good thing Flexi-Time in a way. If I needed to nip the bank in the morning or drop someone off or something or have to leave early to do something etc, I could just do it as long as I make up time.

Nothing. I phoned from the train and told them the score and worked my lunch hour.
It's pretty much accepted in Central London that, because most people commute from the home counties that we'll all have times when we're held up beyond our control.

[A321]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

I usually just say I've got the shits.

Sadly I'm the wrong sex to get away with the oft used 'women's problems'.

Works for me. Make it worse by saying it's just like rusty water. Guaranteed a 'Just come back when you're better.'

[hugsie]

Originally Posted by chris2k2

What happened in this case?

Where I worked, we was on Flexi-Time and as long as I did my 40 hours a week it didn't matter what time I came in or left. However, if it was going to be too late then was expected to ring in.

Always a good thing Flexi-Time in a way. If I needed to nip the bank in the morning or drop someone off or something or have to leave early to do something etc, I could just do it as long as I make up time.

My Flexi even allows credits for transport delays
I have only used it once though, when it was due to a set of circumstances far beyond my control.

[NoNoDrama]

Relative dying is always a good once.

Always feel terribly bad after though