I suggested Frog pull a sickie for his birthday and was criticised.
Justified? Sickies, bad or good? I'm a partner and can't really, but we tend to turn a blind eye to the occasional one.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:13, 268 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Bad. Particularly if you work for a small business.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:15, Reply)

What if it's a small business
but your boss is a prize cunt?
( Muns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:16, Reply)

Battered has sold his business now

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:18, Reply)

Can't really?
So you do occasionally then?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:16, Reply)

I haven't since a partner, no.
Working for others, yes, I suspect most people have.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:21, Reply)

I've never pulled a sickie

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

I havent ever pulled a sickie as such
But in one job we had a good the staff and management worked well together and you could phone up and say "I just cant be bothered today" and they would let you off, as long as you didn't do it too often. It makes sense to me as why have staff in when they are going to be counterproductive and possibly disrupting others
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

We have an understanding in our office whereby coming in late, leaving early are accepted
as we work so many out of hours jobs in a month. Loving two hour pub lunches
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:27, Reply)

Yeah I get left to my own devices, but tend to be in the office by 8am at the latest
Or on the train/ road by 6 if out at clients
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

Unusually honest.
But good.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:29, Reply)

It makes sense
but not many employers think that way.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:30, Reply)

Are your receptionists all nasty bitches?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:24, Reply)

No they're great.
Everyone here is.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

They're usually horrible.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

I suppose it is how rude you are to them.
Do you expect phone sex when booking an appointment? We are generally busy as fuck.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

Do they offer that?
My manners are always impeccable. It was merely an observation.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:36, Reply)

They moonlight yes . I've heard recordings of Calls, some people are total cunts.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:39, Reply)

Oh yeah, having to deal with the general public is enough to turn anyone into a miserable bastard

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:42, Reply)

If anyone is the remoteless sniffy, it's best if they don't come in.
We have enough germs flying around.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:25, Reply)

In a Doctor's practice this makes sense

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:25, Reply)

yes
except that how do they NOT constantly catch colds and therefore be off ALL THE TIME? are they supermen or something?

I don't get this.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

They probably eat properly

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:30, Reply)

it's day 3 today!
i'm already sick of water.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:34, Reply)

Glass screen, good hygeine.We don't have magazine's in the waiting room as paper is a cunt for bacteria.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:33, Reply)

laminate them

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:48, Reply)

I laminated YMs back last night

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:50, Reply)

I spent several years working with GM bacteria that would fuck you into the next decade soon as look at you
I'm not dead.

It's called not being stupid about it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:47, Reply)

Ah you've got to eat a peck of muck before you die

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:49, Reply)

that's all well and good until it's a self-assembling VLP for use as an HIV vaccine.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:51, Reply)

visible line panties?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:04, Reply)

I'm guessing Virus-like protein but I could be wrong

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:23, Reply)

But vagina lubricating panties would be good.

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:23, Reply)

virus-like particle
2 out of 3 ain't bad.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:02, Reply)

I wouldn't do it wherever I worked, it's against my policy of honesty and dilligence

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:18, Reply)

You don't get paid for sick days then?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:19, Reply)

Yeah, totes full pay and shit. It's not my style though. Hard work is rewarded.
ARBEIT MACHT FREI
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:21, Reply)

*high fives*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

*heil fives*

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:27, Reply)

You'd rather come into the office and dick about on the internet all day rather than just go off sick?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:21, Reply)

Internetting doesn't take up that much time really

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

I heard he steals the pens as well

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

Haha.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

Well... yeah.
If he was at home he'd have to pay for his own heating and toilet paper.
( Muns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

Get to work, you miscreant
Sick means unfit for work, not "a bit sniffy"
(katie hopkins telling it where its at, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:19, Reply)

i am one of those people who turns up for work even when they should be dying in bed
promptly get bollocked and sent home again, but I always feel too guilty to call in sick.

I've only ever pulled one sickie, and that was for my masters deadline. the guilt nearly killed me.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:19, Reply)

I like how all you lot are claiming to be conscientious employees for turning out regardless whilst spending all your day on here.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:21, Reply)

Chompy levels of spergy procrastination

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

g m
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

Well played, there.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:56, Reply)

i'm waiting for an urgent telecon, for which my client is 22 mins late
what else am I supposed to do, stuck in an empty meeting room? calisthenics?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

5 mins yes
22 mins GTF
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

Cor all that waiting must be fucking infuriating.......

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:27, Reply)

it's relaxing and i totally understand, so i'm happy for them

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

Ah they are taking a big shit then...

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

Kegel exercises would probably be a better idea

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

who doesn't do these all day anyway?
it's what desk jobs are for.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:30, Reply)

^ can crack walnuts^

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

Woah, whole lotta defensive layabouts happening here.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

was that the masters from Oxford Brookes where you wrote a 'sitcom' based on 'Friends meets Not Going Out'?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

yeah sure why not

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

You've written a sit com?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:36, Reply)

Is that the Irish version?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

he's just jealous
fancies himself as a bit of a wordsmith, but gets every effort pissed on from a brutal height
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:24, Reply)

I've been published by Picador, actually.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:27, Reply)

i've read your turgid drivel
a mong tiger could do better
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:27, Reply)

I love that mong tiger

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

wotevs, o champion of chick lit and 'sitcom' garbage

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

clue: try to be too clever when you're not that clever... and people simply won't want to read it

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:29, Reply)

this is funny because it's coming from you

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

i've never claimed to write anything clever
who makes more money, obscure cleverclogs or jilly cooper?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:33, Reply)

I dunno, let me text my mate Martin Amis and ask him how much he's worth.
And it says a lot about you that you assess the value of literature only with reference to commercial transactions.

How crass.

How many times has Jilly Cooper won the Booker prize?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:37, Reply)

you don't produce anything like that
you're all high end pretension - all fart and no poo.

sure, if I could choose, i'd love to write booker contending stuff, but that's simply not my style. I can write light, funny, slightly sad/cutting things in a certain style that got me a distinction in my main pieces from oxford and 5 agents handing me their cards because it was not as clever or beautiful as the girl who wrote a poetic novel - but they knew they could sell mine, whereas nobody would read hers. if I ever manage to get the time to write anything publishable, it won't be great literature, it will be froth. but it will make people laugh, and it will pay the rent. i'd be very happy with that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:43, Reply)

Oxford Brookes.
And...rent? How vulgar.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:45, Reply)

oxford brookes don't even offer that course
but if they did, you sure as hell wouldn't get in
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:00, Reply)

haha!
Upset!
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:01, Reply)

speak for yourself
but don't use ten long words where one will do, eh?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:02, Reply)

Yeah, like you know Martin Amis.
Martin's the newsagent is a bit posh for you.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:56, Reply)

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

hahahaha!!!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

clickin dis

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

genius

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:33, Reply)

oh, bravo.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:50, Reply)

I have to ask
did that come up on a google image search for "mong tiger" ? because, that pretty much sums up the the zenith and nadir of the internet in one if it did
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:58, Reply)

I saw it first as a 'down's syndrome tiger'
It's one of my favourite pieces of the internet
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:59, Reply)

what the hell were you searching for??

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:02, Reply)

spazzy animals obviously

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:03, Reply)

Top quality internet, right there.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:57, Reply)

Come to Newcastle
Its all "pick a window" here
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

p L
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:35, Reply)

oh, so THAT'S the point of you?
well done.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:36, Reply)

Never pulled a sickie in my life.
Although my wife thinks every slight sniffle is a potentially life threatening disease, so will usually call into my office and tell them I'm ill at the first sign I might be going down with something.
( Muns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:22, Reply)

That's a cunt punch right there

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:23, Reply)

wife mum
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:24, Reply)

officesmirk

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:26, Reply)

Neh Smirking in tha werkplace

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:29, Reply)

Ah man
Ahv got me tabs n'ahl
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

Terrible internet bullying.
I'll let you off though, gingers have to take what they can get.
( Muns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:28, Reply)

hang on
how have the ginger lies spread this far?

:(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:29, Reply)

Lies?
No smoke without fire....
( Muns, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:31, Reply)

battered started it all
blame him.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

Shut up you fat ginger mess.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:34, Reply)

get your eyes checked

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:34, Reply)

Swipe & Frog

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:41, Reply)

don't flatter yourself

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:43, Reply)

50% accurate

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:44, Reply)

which one's which?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:47, Reply)

some places amalgamate sick and holiday
nice if you don't get sick much, not so good if you're Gonz.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:30, Reply)

it's never good being Gonz

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:32, Reply)

Was only off on half a sick day last year, where I was vomiting, shitting and shivering.
I was worried it'd be norovirus, turned out that I'd simply eaten something dodgy the night before.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:39, Reply)

You should have taken a day at least.
I'm your doctor.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:42, Reply)

I left at 11, having puked and shat about 5 times that morning alone
After imodium, a sleep, and plenty of water, I felt better that evening.,
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:51, Reply)

I have never pulled a sickie and wouldn't, its theft. Book a holiday day in advance.
I have only had one day off sick in the last 24 months. I couldn't really help it, I was on my way to work and the car I was in was rear ended at speed and I was carted off to hospital. I had the snip in my lunch break and went right back to work. I'm fucking awesome me.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:50, Reply)

It's not theft, they have outmoded business practices!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:52, Reply)

Its theft and people that do it are worse than H from Steps Watkins!

( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:57, Reply)

Best I've got is working a half day after breaking my foot on the way to work
Or the time I was back at work 5 days after becoming a Jew, per se. (you're meant to take longer)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:52, Reply)

typical Kike

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:53, Reply)

Yeh right
You can sit around at work just the same as you sit around at home. My nuts hurt like fuck but they would have hurt just the same at home.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:55, Reply)

more, probably, what with Mrs PJ booting you in them,

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:56, Reply)

Yeh right,
like she goes anywhere near them!
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:57, Reply)

Yes, but at home I didn't have to wear trousers
Or underwear.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:02, Reply)

Your work place sounds pretty draconian mate.
I'd quit if they made me wear trousers and underwear here.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:09, Reply)

I know, it's horrible.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:03, Reply)

Bet you've had to explain a few book related bruises to your boss.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:54, Reply)

Nah, she aims for places where the bruises don't show.
Above the hair line etc.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:56, Reply)

b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2180948
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:58, Reply)

Browsing and contributing to this website actually falls under the conditions of my employment

( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:59, Reply)

You work for Dogsnkidzfingered-While-U-Wait's Launceston branch?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:03, Reply)

Fuck off, i'm not working for Northerners.

( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:08, Reply)

I suppose I have
but then I have no contracted hours, so I don't ever actually have to be here, so I'm pretty sure it doesn't count if I don't show up. Unless I've got a lecture to give.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:54, Reply)

Fucks sake what do we pay you for?
You haven't even cured cancer yet
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:56, Reply)

You don't.
At least not so much I'd fucking notice.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 10:57, Reply)

You work in research?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:09, Reply)

Academic research
so "work" might be stretching it. I arse around with bioengineering stuff.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:56, Reply)

It's OK I had an argument with an anti vaccination idiot and she says her friend with cancer was told she had months to live
but cured her cancer with homeopathy, combinations of herbs, diet & lifestyle along with other more esoteric practices. She says her friend has been cancer free for 25 years and counting.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:07, Reply)

These are the secrets that big pharma don't want you to know

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:09, Reply)

^Storm^

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:10, Reply)

Her friend is a liar who didn't have cancer
I hope this helps clarify things for her.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:56, Reply)

My argument was precisely this
with "You believe in homeopathy so you opinion is null and void" posted repeatedly much to Al's delight.
( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:28, Reply)

In my youth maybe, but now would be ridiculous.
You want a day off, take a holiday.
It's like the boy who cried wolf. When you are really sick, nobody will believe you.

Everyone has that same weak, fake cough voice. Bloobloo.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:06, Reply)

b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2180948
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:08, Reply)

I'm the king of multi tasking.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:13, Reply)

Ah 'multi-tasking' or, as we call it 'skivers justifying skiving with posh words'.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:14, Reply)

Go West's Intel link up single....

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:27, Reply)

I think that people who skive should have their entrails slowly drawn through the nose
It's an old fashioned view, I grant you.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:09, Reply)

This is also an effective remedy for the common cold

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:10, Reply)

Ugh, common
I only have middle-class colds
(katie hopkins telling it where its at, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:13, Reply)

You wish
Your colds are upper-lower-middle at BEST.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:18, Reply)

Sickies supplement your holiday allowance.
FACT.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:20, Reply)

ONLY HONEST POSTER ON /OFFTOPIC^^^^

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:21, Reply)

Fact is, it's no good just taking one day off as a sickie
You need to take several days to make it convincing.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:23, Reply)

Yup. I take 'em in pairs.
Mainly for hangovers.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:24, Reply)

More than three and you need a doctors note.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:28, Reply)

No I don't

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:29, Reply)

Only if you are a faceless drone working for The Man

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:30, Reply)

Fuck you. Birthday or no Birthday!
I have a face, and it's lovely!
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

^ upset

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:36, Reply)

YOU'VE RUINED MY SPECIAL DAY
D G
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:37, Reply)

It's five including a weekend if you are sick from Fri thru Mon.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:32, Reply)

^ this.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:32, Reply)

My record is 17 in one year.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Sicknotes?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:39, Reply)

17 days off sick without being hopitalised or ill.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:40, Reply)

YM must be very proud.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:41, Reply)

She knitted me a jumper with "Mummy's Little Soldier" on it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:43, Reply)

It's almost like our Jase is a fucking idiot.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:34, Reply)

OR
I don't know because I don't pull sickies.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

No, you're taking the honest route of cheating your employer by turning out and spending your day upset on the internet.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:38, Reply)

haha!

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:42, Reply)

Hasn't done the most basic of research.
TBF it might be the internal policy where he works. I'd tell them to shove it up their ass, which is ironically what he does.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:37, Reply)

No you don't.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:34, Reply)

I went in to work on Boxing Day full of head-aids
and was told not to come back until NYE. I was still a bit head-aidsy then, but not as bad.

I guess it doesn't look good working in a healthcare environment when you're coughing your guts up and snotting all over your patients.

My employer is actually pretty good when it comes to 'I really can't be fucked' days. Rather than pulling a sickie, you can request 'Me Time' leave, which is unpaid, but gives you the option of a day off when you can't face the world.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:41, Reply)

Pathetic.
I'd sack you.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:42, Reply)

sa fu
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:44, Reply)

That too.
Do you work with old people?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:44, Reply)

Only at home.
The majority of our patients are over forty, though.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:47, Reply)

What's wrong with them?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:48, Reply)

In Weston?
I'm guessing at: skagheads
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:50, Reply)

We do get a few of those

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:51, Reply)

Can you get hold of any pharmaceuticals that may have recreational use?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:52, Reply)

Yeah, you can play draughts with paracetamols

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:52, Reply)

tiddly winks

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:53, Reply)

That's what I am doing right now!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:53, Reply)

If you have a specific type of home office licence for your research lab
it's a piece of piss.

However, they are considerably more expensive than "street" so what's the point?

Also you have to explain why you want them and what you've done with them, and "giving fruitflies fucktons of bugle for shits and giggles" only works two or three times with the MRC, in my experience.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:00, Reply)

Yeah, one of my pharmacists was teaching me about access to CDs
and said you can actually get coke and heroin on prescription, if you have a legitimate research reason or something.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:02, Reply)

we don't get them on prescription as such
they are just in the Sigma catalogue, same as any other chemicals. You just need a special licence to buy them. Same for buying ethanol without paying duty, which anyone in tissue culture needs.

I dunno what the "legitimate reseach reason" was for the 3 kg of rohyphol I found clearing out a lab at my old place, but it was a fucking good weekend, I tell you.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:04, Reply)

What do you do?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:53, Reply)

Careful b3th, could be plod

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:56, Reply)

MCA
and as of the end of this month, training Dispenser.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:56, Reply)

On the subject of sick notes, generally I believe the patient.
Or Im not that arsed.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:51, Reply)

In that case
I think I have the bad AIDS, could I have a note to tell my employer that I cant work but should still have full pay please.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:52, Reply)

Of course, mine' s a Guinness please.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:55, Reply)

Rory, Rory?
Red rag in aisle one.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 11:52, Reply)

I've never thrown a sickie.
I have come in so hungover/still half-cut that throwing one may have been wiser though.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:24, Reply)

The day after my birthday I came in so hungover my boss made me go and sleep it off in the server room.

( Peej, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:26, Reply)

I was once picked up by the fuzz.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:38, Reply)

Swung round by the tits?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:40, Reply)

I've been guilty of this a lot in my pre-thirties
When I actually did work in a call centre it was hellish. I'd sooner have died than speak to the general public about their broadband issues.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 8 Jan 2014, 12:47, Reply)