Calling in Sick

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For those of you who work, do you ever call in sick when you're really not? Do you start to feel guilty as the day goes on? Or do you cling to the mentality of "Sticking it to the man?"

I have rarely done that and I never felt guilty. Normally I calle din on personal business that gave me an unexcused absense but I didnt have to lie about it and I got 10 of em a year at that place, I never called in sick when I wasnt sick, I didnt need to.

At my former work you didn't call in sick, even if you were sick.

some places actually allow you to call in the occasional "personal day"what I hate is the lame-ass office mentality where people are always hen-pecking behind everyone's back. If you're sitting at your desck coughing, people mutter about you selfishly spreading germs.Someone take a day off and you hear "jeeze, maybe I should stay home every time I have a little sniffle too"office politics sucks assbtw, I rarely get sick but I have occasioanlly called in when I've had a wicked hang-over

Our company got rid of sick leave and combined everything into personal leave. So sick leave + vacation = personal leave...Do as you see fit.

My co-worker just calls in and says "I'm taking a sick day." That way he doesn't have to make stuff up the next day.

I think I've only done that once.It seems like the only times I feel guilty is when I wake up feeling like crap, call in sick, and then feel better by early afternoon.Stupid, huh?

Originally Posted By: damienI think I've only done that once.It seems like the only times I feel guilty is when I wake up feeling like crap, call in sick, and then feel better by early afternoon.Stupid, huh? Actually no, I get the same way under that circumstance. As for calling off on purpose, even though not sick I did that a several times when I was younger and never fet guilty about it. But now that I am older I need the money to much to falsely call off sick LoL.

Do it all the time. It's often easier to just say, "I'm sick" than explain the shit I have to do. Do I feel guilty about it... FUCK NO. I couldn't care less.I established a special relationship with my boss a long time ago. I go where I want, when I want and his input doesn't have that much bearing on anything. If I'm goin', I'm goin'. The only caveat is that I have or get my work done before the deadline and done accurately and correctly. He needs me more than I need him and I keep him reminded about that.Now that you think I'm a total slacker, I don't abuse my "come and go as I please" privileges. I'm always to work early and willing to work into the night if necessary.

I use to when I was younger. Now, I would rather be at work then at home. lol But I work with a great group of people.

Originally Posted By: DxLISHxISx_43I use to when I was younger. Now, I would rather be at work then at home. Poor D-Lish...At my work, we have x amount of sick-time that we lose if we don't take. It doesn't role over. So every once in awhile I take a "sick of work" day...

"So every once in awhile I take a "sick of work" day..."Everybody should, life's to short and there's so much more to it than what's going on in the office.

Originally Posted By: DxLISHxISx_43I would rather be at work then at home. maybe you need something more interesting at home. When I worked fro a home office and was still married, coffee breaks were more interesting

Maybe its your dedication to getting shit done right and on time that allows him to not worry about you coming and going, instead of a slacker attitude. By not being a slacker, those occasions that you need to be gone are easy to look past.

I'm sure that's why he tolerates me, that and I bring in a lot of ndn business he may not otherwise get. But I did set the precedent early with him of telling him when I was taking off... I've never asked for day off. I just tell him I'm not gonna be here.I got by with it because he's a shallow person that was easy to impress with trivial shit that wasn't related to work. So I used that shit to manipulate him into being impressed with me then told him I was gonna do what I was gonna do. Once showed him that I didn't need him or his business I was free to do as I pleased.I guess that make me a asshole but I don't care because it got me job security and the ability to come and go as I see fit.... don't get me wrong though kiddos I'm damn good at what I do and make him fair chunk of change.

Working for the feds I had a buddy like that, he put in leave requests but if he was told no he explained to them to do what the fuck they wanted,m he was giving them the courtesy of letting them know he wouldnt be there in advance,m approve it or not he wouldnt be there on that day and didnt give a shit what they did about it.Leave was approved all the time unless we were in a state of emergency and that only happened during the early days of iraq when we were shipping so much ammo to them daily that we were doing 7 days a week 10 to 12 hours a day.

Originally Posted By: GrvtykllrWorking for the feds I had a buddy like that, he put in leave requests but if he was told no he explained to them to do what the fuck they wanted,m he was giving them the courtesy of letting them know he wouldnt be there in advance,m approve it or not he wouldnt be there on that day and didnt give a shit what they did about it.Sounds like my kind of guy.Now I must ask, .....what's with the fuckin' "m"s. Is your keyboard fucked again or have you just gone all SlingBlade on our asses. "...I cut he's head off. mmmmm."

I love that movie! I cut the fuck out of my finger this morning making breakfast for the 4 year old, somehow I keep missing the damned letter I, I mean I hit it but it hurts so maybe Im not pressing it hard enough to make the I all the time and with firefox if I fuck it up in a word, it corrects spelling for me with out me having to type that I so I notice it.actually looking at it I think I just hit the m with my fat fingers when I hit the , and apparently firefox doesnt notice its a shitty typo and lets it go unchallenged.

Ha! That shit is funny about the letter M. OldFolks must have one of those keen perceptions you need when doing those mental puzzles.OldFolks, what kind of trivial shit did you impress your boss with, I'm curious. Did you pull a Chris Angel and levitate in front of him or something? That sounds superficial to me, he he.

Mmmmmm, Criss Angel