Comments on: The things employees will do for a day off …

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:46:18 +0000

We have another situiation where one of our employees called on a sunday said He fell out of a
tree stand as he was getting ready for hunting. This was Two weeks before opening day.
Well it’s been a month since this has happened he called me a week ago and told me that
it will be after November 30 before his Dr. can reevaluate him,well lets see here what do
you think is happening here he doesn’t live very far from here, we have seen him everyday
since opening day of deer hunting in his hunting spot. He told us he bruised his ribs, and also he
has been seen at our football games cheering jumping up and down. Our business has
a policy Can’t come back to work without a Drs. Slip.

By: Jarkataionmepa

Jarkataionmepa — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:45 +0000

Fell asleep in the driveway (twice).
Ex-boyfriend was in town
Girlfriend wasn’t seeing them enough
Cat ran off with car keys (missing)
Post Trumatic Stress Snydrome from almost hitting a deer

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:24:43 +0000

My husband had an employee call in because she had to get her cat neutered – on a Saturday!

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:36:11 +0000

Here’s one from someone who made the call – Many years ago I called in to work to advise my supervisor that I needed the morning off to see a dentist after cracking a tooth the night before. Well I got the OK but the reason I called in was to interview for a beter job with a competetor. Well, I am just heading out after my interview and collecting my coat and guess who walks in. Yup. My supervisor! neither one of us got that job but I did eventually beat him out for an even better one a few months later.
Funny too, he never did say anything about my morning off. It must have been the grin on my face.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:23:45 +0000

I have heard them all after being in the workforce over 35 years. Here are two good ones both from the same person. “I won’t be in today, the cat ate my brownies and I need to bake more,” second one was better. She called at 1 pm on a day it was snowing to ask if they had called off work. She was the only one not there and by the way we started at 7:30 am.

By: SMason

SMason — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:54:10 +0000

We had someone call in around noon on a Friday saying they thought it was Sat and wouldn’t be in. About a couple of months later it happened again. This time it was a Monday and she thought it was Sunday. Go figure!

By: HR

HR — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:57:54 +0000

I had a person call in and say she couldn’t come to work because she had a sore belly button. Imagine that ! Another person called in and said his snake was sick and it was just like his own kids so he needed to stay home with the snake. And you think you hear it all !

By: dhirshberg

dhirshberg — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:04 +0000

We had an employee that was a no show no call one day and then came in the next day and told us she just found out she was pregnant and her doctor said she was at high risk. We asked her if she was going to quit and she said no (she’s a house cleaner) that she could continue to work. She also said that she knew she was most likely going to lose the baby. About a week later, she needed to be off for a few days and we told her we needed a release for her to come back. I looked up the name of the facility on the release and they specialize in abortion. Then about a month later, she was a no show no call again. She came in the next day all upset that her ex-boyfriend came to her door early in the morning with the police and a folded piece of paper that he could take the bedroom set that belonged to him. She started getting upset and crying, etc. We then had to tell her that we called the police department and were told that no police officers came to her home on any call that morning. She then acted outraged and started shaking. She then said that she was giving notice. We accepted and asked her to complete a resignation letter. She was looking for our sympathy and we weren’t giving it to her and she got agitated and then said that she could quit right now and we accepted.

By: Ria

Ria — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:37:09 +0000

I had a situation a few months ago where an employee wanted a day off, so she called in and said she hurt herself at work the day before. We made her come in so we could file the workers’ compensation. As we investigated, we discovered she was not hurt at work. She actually faked the whole thing. When she sat down with HR, she changed her story a couple of times before finally admitting it was made up for a day off. What saved us is the video camera that watches the area she allegedly fell at. She was informed that she just committed insurance fraud, which is a felony. Then she was terminated. She also had to pay all the medical bills.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:15:49 +0000

Employee calls in, I have to take my girl friend to the dentist, we have just recently have the same
girlfriend come to our business wondering where her boyfriend is, she said my grandmother had a heartattack,can he go with me. well I see it as a way out of something that he doesn’t want to do.
That’s how I see it, but my boss is always but sometimes it seems the employees have more authority because the term( I will sue the company) I really get tired of him not doing anything because than it gives our employees more control, that’s how I see it, Some employees know how to get to companys. I think different when you run a business. you can’t let people run over you.