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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How to "phone it in" when you're out and about......I'm rather troubled by all the people saying they forgot to call in sick and had to do it in London/seaside or wherever they've bunked off to.
Read and learn. You'll often find these little cublicles called phoneboxes which, whilst not completely silent, have been designed to make phone calls in with at least some element of privacy and silence.
Look for one on a quiet'ish street and phone from there. By all means use your mobile (or do 141 to hide the number), plus holding your nose/breath from the stench of stale piss adds to the not sounding like your normal self essence of the call.
Plus wherever possible, don't embelish your story, keep it short and sweet. Better still to leave a message with admin/secretary as you're too ill to wait to speak to boss. I usually go with "Hello it's golddust, I'm not feeling very well so won't be in today. Please let my boss know. Bye."
(, Wed 14 Jun 2006, 13:40, Reply)
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