Work excuses for couples

[Incognita]

Ok so here's the story:

My fiancé and I work together, full-time, and I've been trying to come up with good excuses for us to take the odd day off work together. So far we've already used food poisoning from eating the same food the night before but for obvious reasons, using that excuse will certainly raise the suspicions of our manager. So do you guys have an excuses that we could possibly use?

Even if you can't think of any, perhaps just funny or lame excuses you've heard in the past?...


Inc

[KevinTBrown]

Why don't you both just schedule the day off? Why make up an excuse?

[mortari]

Sorry, I'm not familar with this "paid sick day" thing.
I haven't been anywhere I take one of those for about 5 years.

At my work, paid sick days, are days you are sick at the office, where you can share it.

for an excuse, I've had someone call in because their gerbil died

[Alex L]

I'm with Kevin.

You're both adults.
You're both entitled to days off here and there.

Tell your boss you're both taking off Friday at the end of May.

[shrike]

Ok so here's the story:

My fiancé and I work together, full-time, and I've been trying to come up with good excuses for us to take the odd day off work together. So far we've already used food poisoning from eating the same food the night before but for obvious reasons, using that excuse will certainly raise the suspicions of our manager. So do you guys have an excuses that we could possibly use?

Even if you can't think of any, perhaps just funny or lame excuses you've heard in the past?...


Inc


If you MUST use an excuse (though I agree with the other posters) the old 'car problems' works... that s taking into account you share the same vehicle driving to work.

[Incognita]

Hey guys, thanks for replying.

The problem is that our area doesn't have many people working in it and so both of us taking the day off isn't easy. We also don't have a car and our manager knows that so the car one is out...I guess I was just wondering if you knew of some kinds of sickness type things that a couple could get at the same time...

[Red Berens]

You could use the one I hear alot; " I can't come in because ---- hit me and the f----ing cops arrested him and now I'm here at the hospital. Can you come pick me up?"

It seems to work like a charm.

[Aggie]

Hey guys, thanks for replying.

The problem is that our area doesn't have many people working in it and so both of us taking the day off isn't easy. We also don't have a car and our manager knows that so the car one is out...I guess I was just wondering if you knew of some kinds of sickness type things that a couple could get at the same time...

i find that sometimes you have to bend the truth sometimes and sometimes in such a way that no one will want to even ask...so having said that...take what you will from that.

[Nick Soapdish]

Hey guys, thanks for replying.

The problem is that our area doesn't have many people working in it and so both of us taking the day off isn't easy. We also don't have a car and our manager knows that so the car one is out...I guess I was just wondering if you knew of some kinds of sickness type things that a couple could get at the same time...

There are a lot of those. But I'm not sure if you want to use them.

[Buzz Dixon]

"Couples therapy."

[Stressfactor]

Why don't you both just schedule the day off? Why make up an excuse?

In all defense.... I will say that sometimes you just have one of those days where you're not PHYSICALLY sick but MENTALLY you just wake up and know if you have to go into work and put up with a bunch of crap you're gonna lose it and bite someone's head off and since most work isn't fond of recognizing 'I'm burned out and pissed off' days and excuse works better. Sometimes you can schedule some time off to releave those pressures before they build too high but sometimes the burn out hits all at once.

Since we're dealing with a couple at the same job, though, honestly, I would suggest that you just go to your boss and explain that the two of you would like to occasionally take some vacation time together and then just LET the business be a little short-handed.

Believe me, I work in a small office where we often have to work short-handed and the world doesn't end and stuff still gets done and all of us bear no ill will towards someone who decides to take a little vacation time.

Just... don't abuse it by doing it too often. Every once in while is understandable. Every couple of months is liable to piss someone off.

[Alex L]

Hey guys, thanks for replying.

The problem is that our area doesn't have many people working in it and so both of us taking the day off isn't easy. We also don't have a car and our manager knows that so the car one is out...I guess I was just wondering if you knew of some kinds of sickness type things that a couple could get at the same time...

Food poisoning?

[section 8]

*imatating James Carville*

now..now what the couple in question needs to do is to to appeal to the most primal psychology of the employer, see, give a "we've all been there" type situation to ensure that no one asks any questions, and make the situation so God Awful that the just wouldn't want to know the details.

in short Bad Oysters

[Lester C.]

Years ago my the 17 year old brother and his ex girlfriend invented a fictitious baby that they had before working at the fast food place they were at. Whenever one or the other needed time off, they would use the fictitious baby as an excuse.

[patrick r]

Pink eye...very contagious and noone else wants it. They'll let you stay home.

Not sure if your work would want a note from the doc though.