If you're going to play hookey, don't get caught

[jnd4rusty]

(without overtime pay, because the pay period ends mid-week),

I took notice of what you said about overtime, it should not matter when the pay period ends. Just because the pay period ends does not mean the pay week ends and Federal Law mandates overtime (pay of time and a half) when you work more than 40 hours in a work week, so even if your pay period ends on Thursday, for example, you should still get paid overtime if you work more than 40 hours in that week, it would just come on the next check. I would check out your company's policy on overtime and then Google the Federal Labor Laws regarding overtime, because they cannot legally circumvent the law, although sone places try. The only way you would not be paid overtime is if you were a salary employee.

[cindybubbles]

I have yet to have a mental health day. Only time I called off when I wasn't sick was when I was going to a hockey game. I guess that could be classified as one, since it was during the holiday season in '08.

Just like George Jetson playing hooky to see a football game. Good thing it was his boss's idea, and that he went with him. Too bad they both were playing hooky from their wives, and got caught on live TV!

[Sapphire Silk]

*snicker*

So nice, it had to be said thrice

[The Hurting]

Excuses as told to me by a colleague regarding some of his co-workers excuses at his previous job:

"I can't come in today, I've eaten an ice lolly too quick"

"I can't come to work today, I have amnesia"

Really? REALLY?

If you have amnesia, shouldn't you have no recollection of where you work?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

A friend told me this gem: he had a female co worker who took off every month because of her period--to the utter frustration of the rest of the staff. So one day a male coworker called in sick "because my dick hurts." The female manager tried to challenge it but the male coworker stood firm.

At least the male co-worker didn't go soft.

[The Hurting]

male coworker called in sick "because my dick hurts."

That is too funny!

[Jay 2K Winger]

So one day a male coworker called in sick "because my dick hurts." The female manager tried to challenge it but the male coworker stood firm.

The female manager tried to challenge it but the male coworker stood firm.

the male coworker stood firm.

*snicker*

[Sapphire Silk]

I once called in sick to work a few hours before my shift started from a Ren Faire, and said only that I was "sick."

Boss wasn't fooled; they could hear the noise in the back ground when I called in, and I was drunk as a skunk when I called in (of course being drunk, I had no business going to work in a hospital--but since I knew I was scheduled I shouldn't have been drinking in the first place).

A co worker had a habit of calling in from the casino; we could hear the slots in the background.

A friend told me this gem: he had a female co worker who took off every month because of her period--to the utter frustration of the rest of the staff. So one day a male coworker called in sick "because my dick hurts." The female manager tried to challenge it but the male coworker stood firm. If you could get away with calling off for female issues, he could call off for his male issue.

[bbbr]

Had a cashier once call out "sick" (she gave some sort of generic "i don't feel good" excuse), turns out she had a party to go to instead. She showed up the following morning late, walking slowly with a large black coffee, dark sunglasses and bragging about how much she had drunk the night before. Since I had to deal with results of her "sick call" the night before and was in charge when she finally crawled in; I stuck her next to the can machines for the remainder of her shift (the machines in my store were right next to the registers). It was a very busy Saturday on the can machines

At my current job, there's a guy in my department who calls out every on the third Monday or Tuesday of the month with this gem "(cough cough) I can't come in, I'm sweaty"...

[Anglesmith]

We had a cashier at my work who did something similar. This girl called out for her shift, and then came to the store with her boyfriend to shop. She wasn't employed very long.

[cadguy]

Excuses as told to me by a colleague regarding some of his co-workers excuses at his previous job:

"I can't come in today, I've eaten an ice lolly too quick"

"I can't come to work today, I have amnesia"

Really? REALLY?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Or if you do call out and pretend to be sick, don't do it on a night shift when half the front end asked off for some big concert at the local coliseum and you were initially told 'no.'

One girl did this years ago (can't recall the group that was appearing in town that night, but IIRC it was one of the big-name rappers of the day back in the early 90's.)

Even funnier, she showed up at the store about 2 hours before the concert was supposed to start - looked plenty healthy to me.

The office person who worked that night and the MOD both were not impressed - in retrospect, I suspect they were expecting this girl to pull such a stunt.

She was gone not long after that incident.

[dalesys]

...going to a hockey game...

Caught! == You're pucked!

[cashierbex]

I have yet to have a mental health day. Only time I called off when I wasn't sick was when I was going to a hockey game. I guess that could be classified as one, since it was during the holiday season in '08.

[Pizzacommando]

Mental Health Day = Vision Problems

I can't SEE myself comming into work today