I'll be struck down for it one dayA couple of years ago I had notched up way too many late days at work and was on 'final warning'. So I did the decent thing and got absolutely battered on a Sunday night and woke up on Monday 3 hours into my shift. Legging into the building, the first person I saw was my manager who had one of those 'This better be good' frowns on. Before I knew what I was doing the words were coming out of my mouth: 'Oh God! I've been at the hospital all morning with my boyfriend, he's got a collapsed lung!'
Unfortunately for me I had never known anyone with a collapsed lung, but my manager had. I think I may have given myself away later on in the day when he asked if there was 'any news?' and I just shrugged and said, 'Naahhh, he'll be OK.'
I aslo once missed a very important college exam for similar reasons. The next day my lecturer collared me about why I didn't turn up. I just stared blankly and said 'Oh but I was there, and nobody else turned up, I waited for half an hour and left!' My blatant in-a-corner dishonesty confused him so much he just went on his way after rescheduling the exam for me! Nice
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Unfortunately for me I had never known anyone with a collapsed lung, but my manager had. I think I may have given myself away later on in the day when he asked if there was 'any news?' and I just shrugged and said, 'Naahhh, he'll be OK.'
I aslo once missed a very important college exam for similar reasons. The next day my lecturer collared me about why I didn't turn up. I just stared blankly and said 'Oh but I was there, and nobody else turned up, I waited for half an hour and left!' My blatant in-a-corner dishonesty confused him so much he just went on his way after rescheduling the exam for me! Nice
sheer fucking geniusif in doubt, tell a lie so blatantly confusingly obvious that you get away with it.
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