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theres a castle on my hil...
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October 2003
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excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 11:32
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Just thought itd be good to see what kind of cracked excuses you guys have used to get out of work. I know there are heaps funny excuses made up when you work a crap part time job at maccas or pizza hut etc.
I've used:
- stung by a blue bottle and feeling faint.
- crashed my car (i was actually out wakeboarding haha).
- Im too drunk.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:04
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"im sick"  always works for me, not that i use it often coz i need the $$$ 
others that have worked when you're doing something more worthwhile "stuck in traffic...some accident up the road"
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Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:16
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I took a week off once because my feet were "severely sunburnt" (this was for the first 3 days of the week), then we had a very bad storm and a tree had fallen onto our house causing a lot of damage and several others had fallen over along the roads in and out of the valley so I could not get out (this was for the Thursday and Friday).
My feet were actually so badly burnt that they were bleeding and weeping the whole week, and I did get a certificate, but nobody believed me until I returned to work unable to wear shoes except to and from work! And Tommo, they got burnt so badly while I was standing on the side of the river waiting for my next turn wakeboarding! haha
The whole tree thing was semi-bullshit tho.
My boss knows I'm a serial sicky-taker, so it's almost like a game of how ridiculous a story I can come up with now.
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:21
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i told dominos...i "couldnt be bothered" they said, well thats a poor attitude and i would have a reduction in hours if they werent under staffed and then she said but fair enough, i think she hated it too... 
i used
ran out of fuel
flat battery
sick X 1000000
flat tyre
sore back
hahahahahha
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:23
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when i worked at domino's i became good friends with the 2 managers, and they didnt give a fuk
The good old days...if only they payed more
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:36
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I'm dead. I'll bring in the death certificate tomorrow.
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Location:
Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 12:44
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not to make my injury seem petty but im on workers comp for my neck/shoulder so if i dont want to go i just mention my neck/shoulder and they tell me not to come and im on LIGHT DUTIES
i once took 2 weeks off on that excuse so i dont use my annual leave
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Location:
Sydney/Wollongong
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October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 13:14
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Mine started off legitimately enough  I was doing pizza deliveries when my brakes failed big time coming down Cordeaux Heights. Having nursed it back to the shop I called it a night, the manager wasn't too happy since I was the only driver on...
Anyway I used the dodgy brakes excuse to get a month off, 'nope, haven't fixed it yet, maybe next week'
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Location:
Adelaide
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March 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 13:18
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i took 2 and a half months off work from a car crash but i only needed a few weeks
just last week i hit myself in the ankle with a cricket bat to get the weekend off i had previously taken a week off for a sprained ankle but i felt i needed the weekend to "rest it" 
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 13:28
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I plan my sickies and build up to them during the week.
If I want to take friday off I start coughing on monday, then it gets worse and worse till thursday afternoon I say "this isn't worth it, I'm not coming in tomorrow if its this bad". Also done diahrea (sp?) build up by visiting the toilet more and more rapidly over a couple of days. Its a nice place to sit and think, just gets a bit chilly.
I've also done my GF/brother is sick and I'm staying home to take care of them. Even if they go to work.
Usually I just ring up and say "I'm sick and not coming in today"
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Location:
Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 21:16
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I find it best not to actually say whats wrong, I usually just say 'im not well and wont be in today'..
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 21:30
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"I'm sick" is the perfect excuse... it's not like they can complain much since I only get paid 3/5's of the time i'm there, the b!stard wank#rs...
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Location:
Perth
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April 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 21:36
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I like your style.
| SupraPete wrote on Tue, 02 November 2004 21:28 |
I plan my sickies and build up to them during the week.
If I want to take friday off I start coughing on monday, then it gets worse and worse till thursday afternoon I say "this isn't worth it, I'm not coming in tomorrow if its this bad". Also done diahrea (sp?) build up by visiting the toilet more and more rapidly over a couple of days. Its a nice place to sit and think, just gets a bit chilly.
I've also done my GF/brother is sick and I'm staying home to take care of them. Even if they go to work.
Usually I just ring up and say "I'm sick and not coming in today"
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Location:
theres a castle on my hil...
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 22:39
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A guy at work used the excuse "im having family issues"
My boss had the shits with that and told me, "Tom dont ever make up some bullshit excuse! if you want a few days off just say so." Im pretty happy with that!
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Location:
Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 23:04
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| sated wrote on Wed, 03 November 2004 08:36 |
I like your style.
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I like your dash  although it should be idling at 600 like mine
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 23:21
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I can't afford to chuck sickies being casual and all, only time I've had off were genuine, just dont take up extra shifts when they call me too much. But as I said need money and only work part time. If you wanna appear sick just hit yourself in the nose of rub it like crazy you'll start sneezing and will appear genuinely sick then just go home. Or fake a headache as thye cant prove either way.
Tis bit hard for me to fake sickness though my brothers in fifth year medicine and he would know lol
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Location:
Adelaide
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 02 November 2004 23:45
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-I fell asleep at the train station and missed my train next one won't be here for ages and it won't really be worth me coming in.
-I'm sick
-I have to sand bag my front from the flooded creek
-I lost track of time i thought today was Sunday
-I can't walk
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February 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 00:04
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| Goose wrote on Wed, 03 November 2004 10:45 |
-I fell asleep at the train station and missed my train next one won't be here for ages and it won't really be worth me coming in.
-I lost track of time i thought today was Sunday
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bahaha the epitome of youth
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Location:
Adelaide
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 00:27
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i've used all those excuses when you live an hr and half away from work on public transport they beleive you, in reality i was calling them from my bed coz i couldn't be bothered walking to the phone in hallway.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 01:09
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| SupraPete wrote on Tue, 02 November 2004 21:28 |
I plan my sickies and build up to them during the week.
If I want to take friday off I start coughing on monday, then it gets worse and worse till thursday afternoon I say "this isn't worth it, I'm not coming in tomorrow if its this bad". Also done diahrea (sp?) build up by visiting the toilet more and more rapidly over a couple of days. Its a nice place to sit and think, just gets a bit chilly.
I've also done my GF/brother is sick and I'm staying home to take care of them. Even if they go to work.
Usually I just ring up and say "I'm sick and not coming in today"
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Haha, you're as bad as me...need to set the scene. I only work on the weekends, so if I need the Sunday off, I come into work on Saturday "not feeling great".
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Sydney, Shire
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 07:05
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is it true that u dont actually have to tell them why ur not in unless they ask for documentation or something?
my excuse out of pizza hut driving have been the following
- Lost my wallet which had licience in it
- i have no car to use..my car is gettin work done and my parents forgot i was working...
- i think id be still over the limit from last night (pros of the 0.00 blood alchol limit)
- cant afford petrol
- (rainy days only) wind screen wipers arent workin atm
- dislocated my knee again..shoud be right by next week ill let ya know
-my car is parked in and i know one is home and i cant find the keys.
-Lost keys
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Liverpool, Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 09:10
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I plan my sickies and build up to them during the week.
If I want to take friday off I start coughing on monday, then it gets worse and worse till thursday afternoon I say "this isn't worth it, I'm not coming in tomorrow if its this bad".
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Yeah i do that as well, or if i get to work i i really dont wanna be there ill start feigning sickness in the morning....
the plus of going in and then leaving is you can give them to really really sincere " There was no way i was going to take today off, i want you to think im really dedicated, and i am, i woke up thismorning feeling bad, and i thought i would get better, but you know what, im just getting worse... its really not worth me being here coz you dont pay me for nothing and thats all im really doing, being here and feeling this way" *puppy face*
Works a damn treat everytime, and they think you are super dedicated for coming in whilst you are sick
[Updated on: Wed, 03 November 2004 09:12]
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Location:
Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 09:25
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| Goose wrote on Wed, 03 November 2004 10:45 |
I can't walk
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD
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February 2003
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Location:
Perth
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September 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Wed, 03 November 2004 11:38
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Heh... I took my first ever (paid) sicky about three weeks ago. I felt fuggin awful though (and did work the rest of the week, still sick). On the flip side I can just ring up at 10am and say 'I have to do car stuff this morning, won't be in until after lunch' and they say 'OK'. My work's cool like that, not that I do it too often.
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Location:
Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Thu, 04 November 2004 03:02
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My boss is in a different state so i'm ok.
and cuz i've got to look happy all the time in front of my employees i can say stuff like.
"I'm really missing my ex i don't think i should go into work"
or to leave early i say
"I'm training a new recruit"
I've got hay fever" (which he has witnessed me suffer)
Just anything really i've had people say to me "i'm too hungover"
Just to be a prick i make them come in anyway HAHA
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Thu, 04 November 2004 07:43
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My reason for a sicky a few weeks back was 'swollen glands and aches all over'
3 days later on my days off it actually happened. Those exact symptoms. I couldnt beleive it. Damn you health!
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I supported Toymods
Toymods Club Secretary
Location:
Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Thu, 04 November 2004 12:33
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For some reason I never take sickies, probably because both my old and new bosses have been very understanding when asking for time off..
Best reason I've used would've had to have been for a half day's "sex leave"
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Location:
theres a castle on my hil...
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Thu, 04 November 2004 22:06
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| Lucid wrote on Thu, 04 November 2004 23:33 |
For some reason I never take sickies, probably because both my old and new bosses have been very understanding when asking for time off..
Best reason I've used would've had to have been for a half day's "sex leave"
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hahaha you are THE MAN!!!
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Liverpool, Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Fri, 05 November 2004 15:47
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womens problems also.... working mainly with guys.. they dont wanna go near it with a ten foot pole.... its the best excuse ever, because they can think its bullshit all they want, but they dont dare challenge it....
its a 'convinience' thing... ^-^
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Sat, 06 November 2004 08:50
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| MFX_Neko_86 wrote on Sat, 06 November 2004 02:47 |
womens problems also.... working mainly with guys.. they dont wanna go near it with a ten foot pole.... its the best excuse ever, because they can think its bullshit all they want, but they dont dare challenge it....
its a 'convinience' thing... ^-^
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Its not convenience...
Its cause you have boobs.
My works fucked (petrol station) I have to give at least a months notice to get a day off, and Im casual. Today I worked 9.5 hrs (1.5 overtime) cause there was no one else in till 6 -we are so understaffed - and I also had to train them as they had been working for a week....
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Location:
Newcastle
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April 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Sat, 06 November 2004 11:21
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I just got off work early tonight....
Pulled a muscle in my thumb from cleaning the pie oven.
I dont take sickies due to the fact im a casual barmaid. I dont get paid for them anyway.
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Location:
Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Sat, 06 November 2004 16:26
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lol
in the year and a half that ive been in my current job, ive only taken 2 days sick. they were in the same week, and genuine! i was royaly fucked.
how come everyone takes so many sickies?
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Banned user
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ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Sat, 06 November 2004 16:31
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to spoend more time on the fooolie siik forums dude
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Location:
Finland
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November 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Mon, 08 November 2004 10:14
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-It's my parrots bowling night and I have to coach it.
-My car did swerwed of the track and the tram that I took had flat tire.
-Car wont start(this can be used only when there's over -20C out there)
I once disclaim myself of from work in the middle of the day, I just did go to boss and said that "I go to build my car" and I left. Wage did come afterwards.
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Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 09 November 2004 00:29
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I don't take sickies unless I'm sick, so now have a mountain of sick leave. One guy who works with me has been with the company since 1965 and had around 180 days of sick leave accrued!.
But when I do take sickies, I always phone it in from my mobile (company phone) when still in bed . Just the thing for that croaky, can't talk, am dying horribly and slowly aesthetic!
But then I feel a bit guilty for having the day off anyway, even when I'm sick.....
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I Supported Toymods
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south Melbourne/KL
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June 2004
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 09 November 2004 04:28
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I was a tennis coach b4 and i always used
1. It's raining over here. courts are wet!!
2. Courts are not dry yet
3. Lights are being fixed (night lesson)
Ofcoz ur screwed if ur student lives near the tennis court 
ofcoz
4. I'm injured. sore shoulder, ankle, back etc.....
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Location:
Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: excuses to get out of work
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Tue, 09 November 2004 06:18
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"dude im not coming in today/tomorrow" normally does it...
as for leaving early, "heading out, wont be back, bye now" works fine also, hehehe....
it's good being in mangement, hehe... boss is never around so im the boss.... and when he is around, he doesnt care what i do... gotta love the job....
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