Good excuse for pulling a sicky?

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Permalink Reply by dawnage on May 15, 2011 at 1:10

Ha, I read a 'can' as a 'can't'... probably should have been obvious to anyone with the list I offered ...

 

To the OP, anything desk-based and/or not involving close contact with others. I used to work in publishing, spending hours at the computer screen and not really having to talk to others for various tasks: the isolation and autonomy at particular times of the working month meant that regular trips to the loo probably wouldn't be noticed by others, nor would they matter too much.

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Permalink Reply by Louise Nazeraj on May 15, 2011 at 18:20

I know, I was just being silly!  It amused me to think of these professionals stricken as I am often quite a silly lady.  And I've had food poisoning all weekend which has been unimaginably horrible.

Food poisoning is actually a good sicky excuse, especially if it's just one day off you're after.  Never believed of course but then that doesn't really matter.

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Permalink Reply by dawnage on May 15, 2011 at 19:22

Heh, an amusing thought but not in practice! I still have grim memories of returning from a holiday in India a couple of years ago with a bit more than my rosewood table souvenirs... Luckily, I was teaching in the Middle East at the time with small, obedient classes that were not subject to the same H&S standards as in this country, so I could get them to carry on with their tasks while I would nip off up the corridor if necessary... If it were in my London school, I suspect I would have no furniture left upon my return!

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on May 9, 2011 at 21:45

Years ago I was attending to someone's problems on the trading floor of the bank I was working at. All of a sudden 30 people stood up and threw leeks at the person next to the desk I was at. Apparently he was late for work that morning because he had a 'little leak' at home.

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Permalink Reply by Louise Nazeraj on May 14, 2011 at 17:34

Stigmata is a good one. "I'm sorry I can't come in today, I bear on my body the marks of Jesus - I suspect it'll clear up by tomorrow but I'll ring in later and let you know"

 

 

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