malingering

cameragirl21 wrote: i was just visiting with my friend Pam and her daughter Brooke and they are both very sick and Pam was trying to use clorox wipes on everything in their house before i touched it so i'd not get sick too.
i was just thinking about all the shoots and other duties i have coming up that would be ruined if i got sick and was thinking about times i've been "sick" to get out of things...i've done it before, more than once but not to the point of being excessive.
what about you, ever had a cold, wink wink on a beautiful sunny day or on your birthday or any other day when you'd rather be somewhere else?

TheOaf66 replied: I have said Jennie was sick if she didn't want to go somewhere. I have never faked sickness to get out of work, I have to much of a work ethic I think.

Old Mom Hubbard replied: Well, I would never! But, of course I have!

Due to a sexual harrassment issue with a boss years ago, and during my complaint process, I called in "sick". He ended up getting FIRED thogh. I was offered my position back too, with a pay raise. But no, decided to go back to school and stay out of that game for awhile.

stella6979 replied: When I first started working (age 16), I did tend to call in sick quite a bit. As I grew up though, I learned the importance of working so I try to be here, even if I am sick.

Calimama replied: Yeah, for school a lot when I was younger. Not so much now.

Boo&BugsMom replied: I'm guilty. Especially when I was in jobs that I really couldn't stand. I even remember my same grandma dying twice when I was in high school when I worked at Walmart.

ETA: I am proud to say though that I have NEVER once called in sick to my daycare parents since I have been open with my daycare in the last almost 3 years. In fact, I've only had to call in for an emergency once (Tanner's ER trip) and call in sick once when Tanner was the one really sick (flu). Any day I have had off other than those two incidents, they were pre planned. Although I will admit lately, I've been really tempted to just call in one day because I am so tired and exhausted lately.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I used to every now and then. Not so much anymore, if I do not feel like going in to class than I just do not go- I call my instructors to let them know I am not coming in, but leave it at that.

gr33n3y3z replied: nope I fake sick so I dont have to deal with certain people

Maddie&EthansMom replied: I never had to. I was sick all the time. I would fake being WELL so I could go places as a kid.

HuskerMom replied: I never did at work cuz I figured then I'd get sick for real But in middle school and highschool I faked being sick a lot.

holley79 replied: I was only "sick" once since I have been out of school. I was so paranoid all day thinking I was going to really get sick though.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Heck yeah! I skipped so much school that my last year of high school, I was 3 classes away from expulsion.

DillsMommy replied: Well, since my mom is my boss, I don't think it would work now. Pretty sure she would catch on. But when I was in school, my parents would let me skip school occasionally, even if i wasn't sick.