Hmm, I'm thinking about going in at like 5am so I can take off early...and let the server caps get lifted :)

Posted this about being sick on another thread...it fits better here....

If one of my guys came to me and said, "Sarge, I really need to be off tomorrow. There is this cool new game starting and I would like to play all day" I would most likely say "go for it".

Problem is, most of my guys have "killed" their grandmothers, their spouse's grandmothers, had their families have Ebola, flooded basements, roofs leaking, pregnant wives having "problems", religious issues (one guy converted to Muslium when he found out about Ramadan).

Point being, Bosses know calling in sick is usually 50% just that. the other is what we call "Calling in Slick"

Originally posted by Hpnotiq

Posted this about being sick on another thread...it fits better here....

If one of my guys came to me and said, "Sarge, I really need to be off tomorrow. There is this cool new game starting and I would like to play all day" I would most likely say "go for it".

 

Problem is, most of my guys have "killed" their grandmothers, their spouse's grandmothers, had their families have Ebola, flooded basements, roofs leaking, pregnant wives having "problems", religious issues (one guy converted to Muslium when he found out about Ramadan).

 

Point being, Bosses know calling in sick is usually 50% just that. the other is what we call "Calling in Slick"

Well, it's certainly better than "I got a job interview."

This is the huge downside of capitalism and what it does to people. You're condemned for wanting to take some personal time to enjoy something major like a huge game release, or a friends wedding, or anything for that matter. Heaven forbid you not want to be a slave to the work place your entire life.

Life is more than "working."

Fuck corrupt societies.

Originally posted by Tachikoma00

This is the huge downside of capitalism and what it does to people. You're condemned for wanting to take some personal time to enjoy something major like a huge game release, or a friends wedding, or anything for that matter. Heaven forbid you not want to be a slave to the work place your entire life.

Life is more than "working."

Fuck corrupt societies.

Be gone, ye commie!

Originally posted by xcalibur

Originally posted by Tachikoma00

This is the huge downside of capitalism and what it does to people. You're condemned for wanting to take some personal time to enjoy something major like a huge game release, or a friends wedding, or anything for that matter. Heaven forbid you not want to be a slave to the work place your entire life.

Life is more than "working."

Fuck corrupt societies.

 

Be gone, ye commie!

Nothing is perfect :)
Capitalism has just as many flaws as communism. People just choose what they want to see. This society would've already fallen had we not socialized, school, police, fire dept, etc

I believe it takes a good mixture of both to correctly function :D

Originally posted by Tachikoma00

This is the huge downside of capitalism and what it does to people. You're condemned for wanting to take some personal time to enjoy something major like a huge game release, or a friends wedding, or anything for that matter. Heaven forbid you not want to be a slave to the work place your entire life.

Life is more than "working."

Fuck corrupt societies.

well said brotha..

Originally posted by fennec12

Originally posted by Borkotron 

So when did boss become god? Who cares who lies to their boss? They're the boss...they are supposed to be lied to. Besides, calling in sick isn't always a lie. It's just, we can't say "Hey, I'm calling in sick...sick of work today. Sorry. Will be in tomorrow."

You must be a boss. You have probably been lied to. It probably makes it hard for you to sleep at night, such poor self esteem. You wanted to be the good guy but realized that people still treat you like crap simply because you're the boss. You're the enemy to everyone who has to work beneath you.

 

No, im not a boss. I'm at the very bottom, I have nobody under me, so you can't get any lower. I work as a ASP/.NET programmer.

If you want to play a game, then say it as it is. I have done that a few times and my boss have always accepted that. If you just say it in advance you can always plan around it, so it won't hurt the company. You don't even have to say it to play. I just say I want that day off and he says "no problem".

You are in serious need of "workmorale". You are the type of person who thinks it's ok to drink 20 beers on a sunday evening and call in sick monday. If you even have a job I'm guessing you'll be fired very soon, and the company won't be missing you, since you never do anything anyway.

LYING IS WRONG... Nomatter who you do it to. (Unless you work as an undercover spy).

LOL dude yer probably at the bottom because the boss doesnt want you AROUND to ruin his fun by making him feel bad calling in sick when there out golfing. You even make bosses turn away with a stuffy brown attitude like that.

Originally posted by fennec12

What the F is wrong with you guys??

You call in sick to play a game? If you want to play, then take the day off. Calling in sick is pissing up and down your boss, and I hope he/she finds out and fires your ass...

I know we have it prety good here in Danmark (yes I'm danish). We get 5 weeks of paid vacation and some also get 1½ extra day off each 3 month. For a total of 6 weeks paid vacation + about 10 holidays. But calling in sick when you are not is still WRONG!!

Probably the saddest post I've seen in a while, and it wasn't even a troll post.

You will wake up one morning in 10 or 20 years and realize that life has passed you by, while you were studiously going to work every day and getting early nights to be bright and fresh at work the next morning.

Here is a news flash fennec - noone cares if you work or not. Noone cares if you take 1 sick day or 20 sick days. The only person you should be concerned about is yourself, and enjoying your life. If you don't look out for yourself and make sure you are grasping every opportinuty to live life to the fullest, who is going to do it for you? Your boss?

Wake the f*** up.

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Originally posted by terafis
Wake the f*** up.

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And call in sick for once in your life. It's liberating.

I'm lucky...I have 'no questions asked' personal days. As long as it's an hour before my shift, I don't have to give any reason other than, I'm not coming in...period!

*cough* I'm not feeling well tonight *cough*

Originally posted by Channce

Who else besides me is calling in sick on Tueday?  Im in California, so the servers should open fairly early for me.

Your lucky. I'm a welder by trade and if I miss any days off. I'll get fired. So I guess I won't be able to play when you guys will be :(

Originally posted by fennec12 

No, im not a boss. I'm at the very bottom, I have nobody under me, so you can't get any lower. I work as a ASP/.NET programmer.

If you want to play a game, then say it as it is. I have done that a few times and my boss have always accepted that. If you just say it in advance you can always plan around it, so it won't hurt the company. You don't even have to say it to play. I just say I want that day off and he says "no problem".

You are in serious need of "workmorale". You are the type of person who thinks it's ok to drink 20 beers on a sunday evening and call in sick monday. If you even have a job I'm guessing you'll be fired very soon, and the company won't be missing you, since you never do anything anyway.

LYING IS WRONG... Nomatter who you do it to. (Unless you work as an undercover spy).

Apparently your not a fan of the movie

I tried to call off dead a few minutes ago but they aren't buying.

 calling out of work sick to play mmorpgs is for chumps, i just spend 5-6 of my work hours playing games while at work still getting paid.  its totally the way to do it

Originally posted by Airwren

I tried to call off dead a few minutes ago but they aren't buying.

You didn't have a note from a parent or guardian did you? That's where you slipped up.

Dear Airwren's boss,

Airwren is dead today. We're hoping for a resurrection towards the end of the week (possibly on Friday) but it could persist until early next week depending upon the availability of our local priest.

Thank you for your understanding and please don't fire Airwren as we need the money to buy cakes.

All the best,

Airwren's Mum.

How are you guys doing at the moment? Hanging in there with hankeys and painkillers I reckon?

*hands over fruit baskets*

Originally posted by terafis 

Probably the saddest post I've seen in a while, and it wasn't even a troll post.

You will wake up one morning in 10 or 20 years and realize that life has passed you by, while you were studiously going to work every day and getting early nights to be bright and fresh at work the next morning.

Here is a news flash fennec - noone cares if you work or not. Noone cares if you take 1 sick day or 20 sick days. The only person you should be concerned about is yourself, and enjoying your life. If you don't look out for yourself and make sure you are grasping every opportinuty to live life to the fullest, who is going to do it for you? Your boss?

Wake the f*** up.

I have a very full life. Probably much better than most people. I have a girlfriend for 2 years now and I'm soon gonna pop the big question since we just bought a house togeather. I play squash, I golf, I go to archery, I run and I play MMO's. I think that is a nice life. Oh, and I only work from 08:00 to 16:30. Fri only 08:00 to 13:30. Overtime is only a few days a month, and when that happens I meet later the next day.

Im guessing you (and most other in here) live in USA. Don't you work for like 50 hours a week?? No way in hell would I accept that. I DK we work 37 hours a week (lunch not included) and get 5-6 weeks of paid vacation. Yes we pay 50% in tax, but all education and medical is free. We even get paid to study, but only for 7 years i think i is. We get from 1108 dkk to 5007 dkk a month ($200-900) depending on if you live at home and your parrents income.

With that amount af worktime you have in the US I can understand why you don't have much spare time, but maby you should start working on changing the system, so you could get a better work environment, like we have in EU.

Originally posted by neorandom

 calling out of work sick to play mmorpgs is for chumps, i just spend 5-6 of my work hours playing games while at work still getting paid.  its totally the way to do it

 

true

Cough cough not feeling good

boss I am taking my laptop home and will work from there .Boss says only if most of the employees were as considerate as u r

Only diff is this time I am sick but going to make the most of it from this oppurtunity

Originally posted by fennec12

What the F is wrong with you guys??

You call in sick to play a game? If you want to play, then take the day off. Calling in sick is pissing up and down your boss, and I hope he/she finds out and fires your ass...

I know we have it prety good here in Danmark (yes I'm danish). We get 5 weeks of paid vacation and some also get 1½ extra day off each 3 month. For a total of 6 weeks paid vacation + about 10 holidays. But calling in sick when you are not is still WRONG!!

The American midset is much different most places. If I want to use a sick day just because, I can tell my boss I'm taking a sick day and he's cool with it.

Originally posted by Airwren

I tried to call off dead a few minutes ago but they aren't buying.

Yeah... that one requires a little bit of build up in the weeks prior to the call to work. Props for trying though. Wait a year or so before pulling that card out of the hat again.