Awesome SickiesA colleague has been off work for two weeks now - apparently he's got something they can't diagnose, (although they know for sure it's not Legionnaires, Malaria, BSE or AIDS, he's supposedly in isolation). We are all sure he's merely sitting in the sun waiting for the World Cup to come on the telly.
What have you invented to get off work?
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chthonic, Fri 9 Jun 2006, 7:40)
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court in the actI did some work experience for the customs when I was 16. One duty I had was to test a phone line they'd set up which they would talk to the bad guy on. All this 'testing' involved was ringing a number from a call box.
Fast forward two years. It's a week before a uni essay deadline. There is a string of hysterical/ lame students queuing up to hand 'sick' notes to the tutor to grant them an extra week. Always made me laugh that the most common excuse for lateness was 'stress', as in 'I'm stressed out', as in 'I lost my favourite pen'.
I queue with them. I finally reach the office of the beleaguered and by now, very cynical tutor.
'What's your excuse?'
'I've been called as a witness in a major drug trial at Leeds Crown court. Can I have an extra couple of days with my Dryden essay?'
'Piss off' (actual words, said with a laugh).
Had to show him the court summons after the essay deadline and my court appearance before I could claw back the 10 marks they deducted for lateness.
Hate students who pull sickies, like they need a further excuse to do nothing.
(, Fri 9 Jun 2006, 10:06, Reply)
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