My wife does, sometimes when she isn't ill. I used to be pretty bad but in recent years I tend to only do it when I'm genuinely unwell.

How often do you guys call in sick when you're actually fine?
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I used to only call out when I felt like taking an extended weekend and was feeling just fine.

Now, however, I do save my sick days for when i genuinely don't feel well.

Never.

Your wife's a bum!

I have been getting quite frequent migrane headaches. I miss enough work with those.

Cinnie said:

That sucks.



Send one to MattyJam's wife!
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I can't afford to. My son has been sick so often since he started daycare last fall that I have used up all my sick days for this year.

Totally sucks.

PunkMistress said:

I'd rather her be a bum than a complete slave to the system....

Nah, I need those days. I'm use to collecting them for those times when the kids got sick and CA didn't have the coverage for that stuff.

PunkMistress said:

never, i love my job. accept this weeks drama has taken its toll on me physically, but my job is too fun to let it make me call in sick.
Plus Im a terrible liar.

PunkMistress said:

I never do - I'm freelance so when I don't work, I don't get paid

Cuddles said:

You love your job? Wow, that's rare... what do you do?

once or twice but the guilt of not being sick would drive me. so I only do it now to head off a full blown illness that a feel coming on.

Cinnie said:

I don't have a job but I never skip school Even when I am sick I still go.

PunkMistress said:

ahh that was good!

yeah...Never unless I'm like and that is RARE!

I hope she (his wife) realizes she's not fooling anyone...they all talk about how she abuses her privilege and how BAD that really is....behind her back of course

i've been really good with not calling in sick this year. i actually left work early once this week because of a nasty cold i have, but it was only because it was really dead at work and it seemed stupid to be sick and miserable with nothing to do for the rest of my day.

i'm trying to be a PTO miser this year so i have a lot of time left to use during the holidays. it's depressing to have to work the days surrounding christmas and new years, and i will NOT work on new years eve.

I don't think your wife is a bum for missing work. I've done the same in the past. I don't actually mind my job but I have missed days there before because I value my time more than pleasing the boss and more than money!

I spend a lot of time at home doing things that mean a lot to me.

I know there are people out there who love kissing the bosses ass, or working long horrible hours for a good reputation- but who's going to thank you and give you a medal?

I want to hit my death bed with memories I'm proud of, not a life-time of work work work.

All work and no play makes me a dull boy...

Do it mattyjam. Have a day off

I haven't lately.
If I'm sick, I would go to work, then if I can't handle it, I'll go home.

wildgoldenhoney said:

that's turning into my policy. plus, if i'm super sick the first day and go home early, they'll know the next day when i call in that i'm not playing hooky.

not that there's anything wrong with playing hooky. but when i'm sick, i don't need my job giving me crap about taking time off, so it helps when i can come in and give them some proof and spread some germs around the office.

Playing hooky is fun sometimes...

We're human beings, not robots!

JustErin said:

got vacation time?

I heard in sweden folks take a sickie if they are in a bad mood

never. my conscience won't let me, even if i desperately want to stay home.

whistle said:

I know! How many times have people told me to stay late at a party and "just phone in sick" and I can't make myself do it.

Once every few months. I have tons of vacation leave (and sick leave) saved up but it's always "this is not the right time to take some time off". So supposedly "being sick" is the only way I can seem to get a day off when I'm tired and worn out.

My conscience kills me when I call my boss to call in sick. I even pace the floor trying to decide if I'm really going to call or not. She's very good to me and she's not lying when she says I'm needed and it's not the right time to take some time off but damn, sometimes I got to have a day off and this is the only way I know to do it.

vainandy said:

I find that it helps the schedulers if you let them know you have something planned (whatever it is), and that's why you need the time off.
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Only when Im really sick.
I really love to work

DanceWme said:

Please girl, this ain't a job interview

That has worked in the past but in the last year or so, my boss has been very sick herself. This is a woman that has worked herself to death both day and night for years and even comes to work sick as hell when we have begged her to go home. Seeing how sick she is these days, I don't have the nerve to ask for a day off and when I do call in "sick", I feel guilty as hell because I know she really is sick. There's only three of us in the office and the other worker, well...she's always "sick" so it's been mainly me and my boss and we're both each other's backbone. We work really good together and fight like a married couple. I call us Ashford and Simpson.
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