Faking it - Sickies

[Hyperion]

We've all needed to do it at some point - so cards on the table, let's have the discussion.

You phone your boss and tell him you have a headache or you've been vomiting all night - but you sound fine, and you know he doesn't believe you.

What I...er, I mean you need, is something to make you SOUND rough and unwell on the phone, but doesn't actually MAKE you ill (which might hinder your day off).

How can this be achieved?
The only thing I can think of is shouting or singing as loud as possible until you almost loose your voice!

Any others?




(no, I'm not at home on a sickie today)

[Dracoro]

Hyperion said:

(no, I'm not at home on a sickie today)

But you want to be tomorrow right?

[ofcorsa]

Use a days holiday?

[GolfGT]

cough down the phone to him

[Tycho]

The sts.

[james_tigerwoods]

Make the call the first thing you do and your manager the first person you talk to - when I get up, my voice is really hoarse and crap until I've had a drink/breakfast/conversation.

Not that I'm condoning this. Of course...

[blindswelledrat]

As an employer I find it pathetic and embarrassingly obvious when people put on a stupid voice to phone in for a sickie.
How many illnesses effect your voicebox?
I instantly lose any respect for someone who does this.

[Landlord]

The sts. Universal excuse of the professional sickee. No aural/oral symptoms and over within 24 hours. Bingo

[Hedders]

I haven't had a permanent job for a while but i stopped bothering with putting on 'a sick voice' when i was about twenty.

Just be forthright.

"I am just letting you know there is no chance i can go more than ten yards from a toilet at the moment, i will let you know if my situation improves later.."

[james_tigerwoods]

I will add that I've never pulled a sickie.

And sometimes you'd be tired and hoarse if you've been up all night unable to sleep...

[Fidgits]

I've never 'pulled a sickie'.

In the last 8 years i've had one day off ill, and that was due to a migraine so bad I had to go to the doctors (by taxi - ouch!) for an injection.

[CedA4]

I like to think that the times I've found the need for a duvet day I've sounded quite rough over the phone to work.

I think the old speaking slowly with a slight rasp to the voice works wonders.

[mmm-five]

Cotton wool to block your nose, ears (so you get more feedback), and wads of it between your cheeks (the ones on your face) and teeth so you can't move your mouth/tongue much.

Other than that, you could always get the other half to lightly garotte you (in a playful manner of course) the night before to give you a sore pharynx & larynx thus causing you to croak a little.

Unfortunately as a contractor, I don't get paid for sick days, so only take them when I'm the subject of a government health warning.

[Landlord]

Fidgits said:

I've never 'pulled a sickie'.

In the last 8 years i've had one day off ill, and that was due to a migraine so bad I had to go to the doctors (by taxi - ouch!) for an injection.

Is that because you don't get sick or because you "soldier on"?

[colonel c]

I know a chap who has had several grannies, uncles, aunts etc that have died or have been suddenly taken into hospital.
As the management team is constantly changing so he resurrect another elderly relative to fall ill again.
That way he don't need to pretend he is sick and he can be seen out and about with no questions.

[audidoody]

blindswelledrat said:

As an employer I find it pathetic and embarrassingly obvious when people put on a stupid voice to phone in for a sickie.
How many illnesses effect your voicebox?
I instantly lose any respect for someone who does this.

Me too. I'd have more respect for the malingering gobstes if they just said they need a day off to reset themselves.

[SGirl]

Landlord said:

Fidgits said:

I've never 'pulled a sickie'.

In the last 8 years i've had one day off ill, and that was due to a migraine so bad I had to go to the doctors (by taxi - ouch!) for an injection.

Is that because you don't get sick or because you "soldier on"?

Isn't "pulling a sickie" pretending you're ill when you're really not?

[Cookie172]

I find calling from the toilet whilst having a st works wonders when faking it

[crofty1984]

Fidgits said:

I've never 'pulled a sickie'.

In the last 8 years i've had one day off ill, and that was due to a migraine so bad I had to go to the doctors (by taxi - ouch!) for an injection.

Me neither. I have rolled into work looking (and feeling) like actual death from too much beer. But I donàt think I've taken the day off for self-inflicted badness.

[pstruck]

Landlord said:

The sts. Universal excuse of the professional sickee. No aural/oral symptoms and over within 24 hours. Bingo

Some genuinely suffer with extreme bouts of physical stomach pain (and the sts as it was so pleasantly put). In my case it's called IBS and I really wouldn't want to be at work whilst I am suffering with it (or indeed anywhere more than a few yards from the can)!