Being sick excuses #4 - the stomach flu
A few years ago I had the most unfortunate experience of getting the dreaded stomach flu. It involved puking for 6 hours before I went to the emergency room, where I had to stay overnight as I was dehydrated and could not stop throwing up. The next morning I was sent home with some anti-vomit meds & vicodin and put on 4 days of bed rest. The experience was absolutely horrible and I would not wish it on anyone - but it does provide a great excuse for missing a week of work!
Excuse - Stomach flu
Symptoms - Naseau which will most definitely lead to vomiting, fatigue, pain from all the heaving you were doing, dehydration.
Limitations - Using my example, you would most likely be in the hospital come time to call in, so try to get someone else to call for you. And followup with a phone call yourself later on to let them you are home. This will keep it from looking suspicious when you have someone else call in for you.
Time - You can get anywhere from 3-5 consecutive days out of this. I would say that 5 is stretching it. I advise going into work on a Monday, then leaving early because you feel sick and then miss Tuesday through Friday.
Dialogue - Once you tell people that you were vomiting for 6 hours, they will not give you any lip whatsoever. So, it’s good to get that in. And mention how beat you were once you got home from the hospital.
Frequency - You really shouldn’t do this more than once per job. I mean, I’m almost 30 years old and I’ve only had the stomach flu once in my entire life.
Action - When you call in, talk in a low, sickly sounding voice as you are supposed to be extremely weak from all the vomiting and dehydration.
Notes - This will most likely require a doctor’s note saying that you are to be out on bed rest, which will be available in the very next post (along with instructions on what to do with it).
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