Yahoo Answer style question
I apologise in advance for this..

But I've suddenly found out that I have been invited to a job interview next Wednesday. The travel involved the require Tuesday and Wednesday off work.

My current employers do not know that I am searching for pastures fresh, and we're also such a small office, that generally you have to let people know where and what you're doing on your hols, especially the short notice kind in the middle of the week.

So the question is, should I come clean and reveal all? Or should I brass neck it and say I've got something personal on...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:20, 50 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

say it's something personal
never let on to your current employer that you are looking to move. at least until you have a solid offer with which to bargain.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:24, Reply)

^ this is correct

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:25, Reply)

That will entail making up a flimsy excuse when asked
Either that or maintaining an uneasy silence with the 2 others in the office..

Might even consider a sicky..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:27, Reply)

tell them it's women's problems
that'll confuse them.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:24, Reply)

It's so crazy it might just work

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I just clicked your profile to check if you were a guy
and it's hugely NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

Luckily, no one can see what I do.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:38, Reply)

It's merely a reflection of my septic personality

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:41, Reply)

This is what's going to happen.
A few people will give you good advice, some will just spurt bollocks until you've got every possible option then you'll pick the one you were thinking in the first place.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:27, Reply)

You missed out.....
Psychochomp will post something obvious and dull.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Or bgb will try to hit on someone in the thread.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Did I mention I am the spit of Jeff Bridges..

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:31, Reply)

And I hope that when I say "the spit"
people take it as short for "the spitting image", rather than literally the spit of Jeff Bridges. Eww.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I have never ever ever tried to hit on someone in a thread.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:31, Reply)

b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post649823?highlight=answers-post-649914
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I was wondering which link you would come up with.
I also said Darth Foxtrot was hot but I wasn't hitting on him either.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I just searched for the last time you said handsome.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:44, Reply)

I flirt with a lot of people on here but I don't try to hit on them.
That's bad form.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:45, Reply)

What Vipros said.
Just tell them it's personal time. Sure, there'll be gossip, but wallow in the smugness of the interview for yourself. And don't let the gossip bug you.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Well that's probably it
it's the potential gossip that's bugging me. In fact I wonder if they KNOW I'll be looking for other jobs.. Hmm..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:30, Reply)

they might suspect
but that will do them no good. just don't tell them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:57, Reply)

fuck em
I hate the office gossip bullshit, if they want to whisper and be snide about you not wanting to tell them stuff then that's their problem with the dull shitty lives they lead
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Pull a sickie.
Or say it's a funeral.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Tell them one of your friends from the internet died
and we'll all chip in to have someone from QOTW knocked off.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Can I choose?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:39, Reply)

Sure, why not?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:40, Reply)

because I'll probably get a ban for it.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Can you get banned for discussing a theoretical assassination?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:44, Reply)

I got banned for talking about theoretical breasts

(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:45, Reply)

So you did.
People were saying nice things about you the other day. It made me a little bit sick.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Has his mum got a B3ta account now?

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:48, Reply)

I'm not even going there.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:49, Reply)

why not?
everyone else has
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:01, Reply)

I got told off for being sarcastic yesterday by someone who isn't racist.
near the bottom but highlighted.
www.b3ta.com/questions/prejudice/post682739?highlight=answers-post-684841
(PsychoChomp, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:50, Reply)

those are the bunch of longest replies I've ever seen on here
pretty intense.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:00, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/prejudice/post685927
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:06, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:11, Reply)

He could get theroetically banned.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:46, Reply)

The question is..
Who should it be?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:39, Reply)

*Points*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:43, Reply)

*Looks behind*

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:44, Reply)

*runs*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Phone in sick
you don't need a doctors note if it's only for a couple of days - tell them you've got the shits from eating a bad curry - fairly plausible unless you start doing this all the time.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:41, Reply)

As it happens
in 2.5 years I haven't had a single day off sick. Yay for me!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Compound the lie by inviting a colleague out for curry the night before
making sure to order something completely different from them and make a show of sniffing the mango chutney.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:46, Reply)

'sniffing the mango chutney'.
Best euphemism ever.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Haha! Isn't it just?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:12, Reply)

You are Unbreakable's David Dunn
AICMFP
( Peej, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Tell them you've got your nob caught in a Henry hoover during a Nazi bondage party
No one would ever think that you would make something like that up to cover up a job interview, it's a flawless plan.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:45, Reply)

On the rare occasions I have skived
I always regale my boss in detail about the humiliating diarrhoea attacks etc - so much more credible than migraine or whatever.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Better still
Plunder old B3ta poo stories for a totally implausible and therefore true squitters anecdote. Use it. Job(by) done.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:46, Reply)