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Ringing in Sick
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I got a new job and started 2day..im working again on thursady for 5 hours,and i am going 2 party on friday nite but they asked me 2 work and i said that another boy wud cover for me but now he wont.Will i just ring in sick or just ask them can i get out early?its not likely that i could get out early and i really wanna go 2 the party.
If i rang in sick do u think they would take a negative attitude,etc?i wud only ring in sick this friday and never again unless its an emergency.
thanks.
If i rang in sick do u think they would take a negative attitude,etc?i wud only ring in sick this friday and never again unless its an emergency.
thanks.
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If you've already expressed an interest in not working on friday, then going 'sick' will be questioned by them.
Are you on a 3 month probationary period or anything like that?
But just for a laugh, you can read this:
http://www.thesite.org/magazine/work_and_home/failsafe_sickies.html
You'll either have to argue this out with your bosses and hope you can get the time off. Or work it and miss the party, which in all fairness is probably your best bet if you want to keep your job and you want some respect and appreciation off your employer.
Ok so this is a month old now. What did you decide to do? Tell us!
Personally, if I had told them someone had agreed to cover and he pulled out I would explain to them that the reason I had got cover was because I couldn't do it. That way they would know that you still weren't up for doing it!!
However, a sure fire way for them to believe you are ill is to get your parents to phone for you! My boyfriend used to phone in for me a few years ago, pretending to be my dad! hehehe.
Now though, my bosses are really understanding if you can't get in as we're only casual workers and they can usually get someone to voer even up to an hour before we start.