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I Don't Wanna Work!
mully
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There are a lot of ethical people out there. People who would never lie or "bend the truth" to get out of a day's work.
Then there are people who are so unbelievably creative when it comes to it, that they DESERVE the day off, anyway.
What are the most elaborate, the most fool-proof, the most creative excuses you've ever used/heard of being used to get out of a days work?
Today, to get out of going back to work -- I told a half truth, which started as a headache, then traced back through my family's health history, events from 1996, and came right back to 2007 as a work-free afternoon.
Then there are people who are so unbelievably creative when it comes to it, that they DESERVE the day off, anyway.
What are the most elaborate, the most fool-proof, the most creative excuses you've ever used/heard of being used to get out of a days work?
Today, to get out of going back to work -- I told a half truth, which started as a headache, then traced back through my family's health history, events from 1996, and came right back to 2007 as a work-free afternoon.
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i'm pretty bad, though
And if they do, just don't talk much and they don't push it.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I'm lucky, I've got a get out of jail free card. My body doesn't produce enough electrolytes, and I get massive migraines as a result. So if I'm feeling like I don't really want to go to work, all I have to say is 'sorry guys, huge migraine'. Since I have written proof of it, it works every time.
The downside is, usually I'm not lying. Migraines suck -_-
Bad ice.
Best excuse in the world for getting out of work in China.
But that's just how my work schedule goes, I have so much to get done every month, doesn't really matter when I get it done, just as long as it's all done by month's end.
Yeah I was gonna say, you're in a place where that's believable.
and, for me, my step-brother is a free-card, but i can't use it often -- he has an immune disease where he has to be taken to the hospital every couple of months, here in Vancouver.
except now he'll be living here ... which actually makes for more of an excuse because i may have to go help him out more often.
except now i can't take a vacation nor sick day for 3 weeks because the senior admin. asst. is gone.
Then a while later I called her work and asked if anyone had heard from her because she was supposed to be home awhile ago and her phone wasnt working. They told me she called in to say her car broke down but she'd be in on time, anyway. I expressed how worried I was and hung up.
Then we went and saw a movie.
After the movie I called her work back and said her dad couldnt find her and that me and him had been driving around for the past two hours looking for her before we finally found her and, needless to say, she wouldnt be able to make it into work now.
Food poisoning's believable anywhere; I just tell them that I was at a friend's for a barbecue and I think they undercooked the meat.
Although I'll admit it's easier in China.
As for bad ice, yeah, I can't really use that one.
There's not much lying i need to do.
Hearthstone - Webber #1330
3DS: 0920-3235-4071
does not work unless it's devastating, and only works if you have a male superior.\
and to webber:
i am also salaried, yet, we do not have this benefit.
i am jealous.
And to stay in PJs all day.
Works for me every time
'You don't want to know the details.'
And if they press you, start in on something really revolting.
Hearthstone - Webber #1330
3DS: 0920-3235-4071
oh crap, really?
what do you do?
i'd like to make 1 dollar a minute.
all I did was set the ring on my phone to a warning sound whenever they called and I'd refuse to answer it
granted this was hypocritical because I once drove to a fellow employee's house to pick him up in the middle of my shift because shit was going down
but I have no regrets
Like if you walked in the door with a bandage or brace around your left hand and you're right handed, people will go easy on you but unless you have a wuss for a boss you're not getting sent home.
People will usually go into work once they are able, regardless of whether or not they need to use crutches or still wear casts.
Here in China, if you show up with any sort of bandage or brace (let alone crutches), you're getting sent home.
True story.
All I did was sprain my wrist at volleyball, insist it was okay and that I could keep working... nope got sent home.
I'm an engineer. If you have a degree and want to spend 6 monthes in training and then years in the hell hole that is Idaho, you can probably work here.
Hearthstone - Webber #1330
3DS: 0920-3235-4071
If I'm sick, I'm sick.
i don't think i know anyone who goes into work while still healing from something involving a cast or crutches
I fucking hate when they call you in on a day off.
Especially when they wake you up and you can't think of any excuses.
Or when they guilt-trip you into coming in, by telling you how 'we're so short-staffed, blah blah blah'.
as of tomorrow i will be doing 3 different jobs
and only getting paid for 1 of them
i've been up for a raise for a year and a half now
a substantial raise
they can blow me
Weird. I assumed it would be the other way around.
Hmmmm... I'm trying to think up of something, but the only thing that comes up is when I put a finger down my throat so I wouldnt have to go to school one day, but that's been forever now.
These days if I miss work it's really because I screwed up.
"Sorry, I must have slept through my alarm clock."
"IT'S NOON! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"
i'm an uneducated canadian, but i work in an engineering department of an insurance company.
does that work?
is your name dante
do you often exclaim "i wasn't even supposed to be here today"
Shortly after I discuss what the real tragedy is.
I was basically swallowing my hand and it just wouldn't happen. I finally gave up and started to brush my teeth. When I got to my tongue I gagged and blew chunks fuckin EVERYWHERE.
I watched Little Bear all day long.
Sorry, it's not anything against Canadians, but you have to be a US citizen.
Hearthstone - Webber #1330
3DS: 0920-3235-4071
true story.
(and entirely made out of hi-liters, sharpies, a work computer and work photocopier. ..and scanner.)
on one such night I was preparing to go to a hockey game with my family when they called and asked me to come in
I told them that I couldn't, and they hung up, only to call back later to say that they really needed my help
so I went in
they sent me home a half hour later, which was ten minutes too late to attend the hockey game
My parents live in Idaho!
My dad loves it so much
I haven't lied to get out of work yet