This is similar to one of the first posts, but....I was working at Wellworths in the 'computer' department on a dodgy NVQ scheme, which meant wandering around the shop floor scanning all the items with a little scanner and transfering all that data into the computer at the back office. Mind numbing. I had been in the job for a month and it was my birthday and the bastards were making me work a full day anyway. So I went to the bar with a couple of the other guys from the course and had a few drinks and it was a nice day and so on, and I didnt want to go back to work. I got one of the guys, a wierd round-shaped bloke called Dave, to phone in to Wellworths after I went back to work and pretend to be my 'uncle Dave' with some family business. I arrived back at work after lunch and was sitting in the computer room for about 10 minutes when the main office called me down for a grave chat.
Them: 'We've just had a call from you're uncle Dave, its quite important.'
Me: 'Oh, Uncle Dave? What did he want?
Them: 'It turns out your grandfather has taken ill and has been rushed to hospital. They aren't quite sure what the matter is, but they need you to go right now.'
Me: (stunned, aghast expression)
Them: 'I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather. Can I ask what age he would be now?'
Me: 'Oh, um, around 76-77 I think, but I can't be exactly sure. I'm sorry, I'm just a little shaken.'
Them: 'We called your house as well.'
Me: 'Oh right.'
Them: 'Your dad says you don't have a grandfather.'
ME: 'Oh right...'
They let me have the day off. I didn't have to go back either. Quality.
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Them: 'We've just had a call from you're uncle Dave, its quite important.'
Me: 'Oh, Uncle Dave? What did he want?
Them: 'It turns out your grandfather has taken ill and has been rushed to hospital. They aren't quite sure what the matter is, but they need you to go right now.'
Me: (stunned, aghast expression)
Them: 'I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather. Can I ask what age he would be now?'
Me: 'Oh, um, around 76-77 I think, but I can't be exactly sure. I'm sorry, I'm just a little shaken.'
Them: 'We called your house as well.'
Me: 'Oh right.'
Them: 'Your dad says you don't have a grandfather.'
ME: 'Oh right...'
They let me have the day off. I didn't have to go back either. Quality.