RossP 78 Report post Posted October 23, 2008 Skiving Aussie fingered on Facebook ? The Register Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeanette 19 Report post Posted October 23, 2008 That is hilarious!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metarie 3 Report post Posted October 23, 2008 My mum got a new job and the lass who replaced her did a similar thing continuously. She also sent out job applications via her work email address, knowing (but perhaps forgetting) that the managers were able to access her work email account.You need to put a lot of planning into a good sick day. Forward planning is the key...start with a sniffle or general complaint a few days before hand and build it up during the week. Don't do what a girl I worked with did and phone in with 'food poisoning' on a saturday morning when she'd been talking about getting drugs for the weekend a few days before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lemonade 1787 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 A few years ago I worked at the Holiday Inn. One of the few perks of working for the Holiday Inn is that you get staff rates at any Intercontinental Hotel (who own HI) in the UK and Ireland and some of Europe, which is basically a room and breakfast for 20. There was a Polish girl who worked there called Monika (this was before the big influx of Poles, she was the only Pole at the time. But that's not important). Monika worked as a waitress and started at 7am every morning. One evening around 9pm we got a phone call from the Reception manager at the Holiday Inn in Dublin."Hi, we have a girl here called Monika who's asking for staff rates, she says she works at HI Aberdeen?"."Yes that's right"."Oh, OK we were just making sure".End of phone call. We thought it a little strange as she was meant to be working the next morning at 7.6am the next morning the phone rings."Hi it's Monika. I'm sick I can't come into work""You're not sick you're in Dublin""I'm not! I'm sick, I can't come in""You can't come in because you're in fucking Dublin"Monika got fired. How dumb must that girl be? Like they weren't going to phone and check! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diesel 186 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 My mum got a new job and the lass who replaced her did a similar thing continuously. She also sent out job applications via her work email address, knowing (but perhaps forgetting) that the managers were able to access her work email account.You need to put a lot of planning into a good sick day. Forward planning is the key...start with a sniffle or general complaint a few days before hand and build it up during the week. Don't do what a girl I worked with did and phone in with 'food poisoning' on a saturday morning when she'd been talking about getting drugs for the weekend a few days before.I've pulled some shit in my day, but the taking of sickies is a compete anathema to me and as a former manager myself (10 years of fucking moaning-faced torture) I have no sympathy for anyone who gets caught in the act. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lemonade 1787 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 When I was at HI drachirv1 off this very site was my manager and he quite happily accepted my phone calls of "I'm not coming in, I'm pissed". I never got so much as a warning. (we worked night shifts btw, I don't get pissed at 8am) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RossP 78 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 A few years ago I worked at the Holiday Inn. There was a Polish girl who worked there called Monika (this was before the big influx of Poles, she was the only Pole at the time. But that's not important). One of the few perks of working for the Holiday Inn is that you get staff rates at any Intercontinental Hotel (who own HI) in the UK and Ireland and some of Europe, which is basically a room and breakfast for 20.Monika worked as a waitress and started at 7am every morning. One evening around 9pm we got a phone call from the Reception manager at the Holiday Inn in Dublin."Hi, we have a girl here called Monika who's asking for staff rates, she says she works at HI Aberdeen?"."Yes that's right"."Oh, OK we were just making sure".End of phone call. We thought it a little strange as she was meant to be working the next morning at 7.6am the next morning the phone rings."Hi it's Monika. I'm sick I can't come into work""You're not sick you're in Dublin""I'm not! I'm sick, I can't come in""You can't come in because you're in fucking Dublin"Monika got fired. How dumb must that girl be? Like they weren't going to phone and check!Was it possible for your friends/family to use the discount, legally or illegally? As it could be possible for one of her friends/family to use the room in Dublin, whilst you are still working in Aberdeen.Stupid nonetheless... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lemonade 1787 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 Was it possible for your friends/family to use the discount, legally or illegally? As it could be possible for one of her friends/family to use the room in Dublin, whilst you are still working in Aberdeen.Stupid nonetheless...Not really. F&F got a different rate (40) and they had to have pre-booked it and have a certificate from the manager of the HI their friend works at.I think she admitted it eventually, or else just never came back, I can't remember. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lester Burnham 36 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 That's a good reason to not be chums with your boss on bebo/facebook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nev 77 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 An acquaintance of mine came up to Aberdeen for a Friday night gig a few years back, knowing fine that he had no intention of heading back south for work in the morning, and was in fact heading up to Dingwall to watch his team in action.Cue the amusing sickie call: "Hi, I've got a fatal dose of bird flu so won't be in to work today. See you on Monday..." As I recall, he got off with a warning :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lemonade 1787 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 The best one I heard at the HI was "I'm not coming in. I have a problem with my cock".No questions asked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RossP 78 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 When I was in first year of uni I often asked my nurse flatmate what I should take a 'Torry sick day' with, as they were able to provide symptoms, estimated recovery period time as well as a list of what tests and treatment the GP would provide. That way when I did go back a day or two later I could then give precise information to back up my story I've only taken 5 days off since leaving uni though... 4 were warranted: badly broken ribs after a car crash in Thurso and 1 unwarranted: because it was the day after ICT beat one of the Old Firm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nefarious C 489 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 Working at a KP at simpsons hotel, I phoned in sick after a night on the tiles. (despite the fact my shift started at 3pm, relatively late on)However, my folly was that aparently I had bumped into my boss the previous night and chatted to him about how "hammered" I was, and in my drunken stupor, I had forgotten this imperative detail the morning after.Needless to say he wasn't impressed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lepeep 30 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 Working at a KP at simpsons hotel, I phoned in sick after a night on the tiles. (despite the fact my shift started at 3pm, relatively late on)However, my folly was that aparently I had bumped into my boss the previous night and chatted to him about how "hammered" I was, and in my drunken stupor, I had forgotten this imperative detail the morning after.Needless to say he wasn't impressed.what you should have done, was totter in, half cut, stinking like a near-sick experience, breath on some cuntstomers and generally show everybody that you were indeed too drunnk to function in a job environment...I once had to work at Xpress Print on the 2nd of Jan...and I'd had a "tequilla night" the night before with a friend who worked there. We were tasked with setting up a poster of Elf (oil company)....there were 10 lines of text + 1 pic. and we managed to "miss" 11 typos... ho ho...They never learn, do they. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lester Burnham 36 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 what you should have done, was totter in, half cut, stinking like a near-sick experience, breath on some cuntstomers and generally show everybody that you were indeed too drunnk to function in a job environment....That's what I do. Then people just think you're unwell and leave you alone. the key is to not stink of booze though... that never helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH 1651 Report post Posted October 24, 2008 The best one I heard at the HI was "I'm not coming in. I have a problem with my cock".No questions asked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorge 105 Report post Posted October 29, 2008 The best one I heard at the HI was "I'm not coming in. I have a problem with my cock".No questions asked.My favourite excuse of them all was STD's/viruses/miscellaneous other cock problems, because no one dared to question it or go into details. Trouble is that like the boy who creid wolf, I lied about it twice to get a two/three days off tops, then something did actually happen and I spent three sodding weeks signed off in agony!not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treader. Report post Posted October 30, 2008 My favourite excuse of them all was STD's/viruses/miscellaneous other cock problems, because no one dared to question it or go into details. Trouble is that like the boy who creid wolf, I lied about it twice to get a two/three days off tops, then something did actually happen and I spent three sodding weeks signed off in agony!not I didn't know you could get STDs from masturbation... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teabags 2632 Report post Posted November 4, 2008 I didn't know you could get STDs from masturbation...you can. but you have to masturbate while sitting in a paddling pool of AIDs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jf9tp2wd40 13 Report post Posted November 4, 2008 the old "ive got a bad case of she shits" usually doesnt lead to too many questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH 1651 Report post Posted November 4, 2008 you can. but you have to masturbate while sitting in a paddling pool of AIDs.Would you not need to have open sores or cuts on yr lad for that to work?Perhaps I'm thinking about it too much... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
