Note: I thought about posting this in Cursing Out Coworkers, but at this point I'm more amused by him getting caught than I am annoyed at having to cover his shift.
Shortly after noon on Sunday, I was woken up by a call from my assistant manager, asking -- nay, begging-- me to work the 2-9 shift to cover for my coworker, who had called in sick. I was not at all enthused about coming in to work on my day off, especially since it means working 6 days in a row this week (without overtime pay, because the pay period ends mid-week), but my poor AM sounded desperate, and she did say pretty please.
Fun fact: At my store, when you call in sick, you have to either give 3 hours notice or bring in a doctors note to prove it was an emergency. CW knew this; it was covered at our last staff meeting. Since he called in less than 2 hours before his shift was supposed to start, AM told him to bring in a doctors note by the end of the week. CW said "he'd see what he could do", and AM reminded him it was store policy and that he'd be written up if he didn't provide a note.
Today (Monday), he called AM and admitted that he had lied, and that he skipped work to take care of "personal business". AM is, to say the least, kind of pissed, and I'm pretty sure the store manager is going to hear about this when he gets back from vacation next week.
I will admit to faking sick one time-- It was the end of a six-day stretch, and it had been a particularly bad week, and I was seriously one SC away from an emotional meltdown, so I justified it to myself as a mental health emergency. But, since I knew the policy, I gave them like 8 hours notice, so they were none the wiser.
Shortly after noon on Sunday, I was woken up by a call from my assistant manager, asking -- nay, begging-- me to work the 2-9 shift to cover for my coworker, who had called in sick. I was not at all enthused about coming in to work on my day off, especially since it means working 6 days in a row this week (without overtime pay, because the pay period ends mid-week), but my poor AM sounded desperate, and she did say pretty please.
Fun fact: At my store, when you call in sick, you have to either give 3 hours notice or bring in a doctors note to prove it was an emergency. CW knew this; it was covered at our last staff meeting. Since he called in less than 2 hours before his shift was supposed to start, AM told him to bring in a doctors note by the end of the week. CW said "he'd see what he could do", and AM reminded him it was store policy and that he'd be written up if he didn't provide a note.
Today (Monday), he called AM and admitted that he had lied, and that he skipped work to take care of "personal business". AM is, to say the least, kind of pissed, and I'm pretty sure the store manager is going to hear about this when he gets back from vacation next week.
I will admit to faking sick one time-- It was the end of a six-day stretch, and it had been a particularly bad week, and I was seriously one SC away from an emotional meltdown, so I justified it to myself as a mental health emergency. But, since I knew the policy, I gave them like 8 hours notice, so they were none the wiser.
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