Whenever I have a male boss I default to the "women problems" excuse. They want to get you off the phone as soon as possible and will never ask about it again.
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Excuses for not going to work
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Kynge of Begrem
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*Gastro
*Taking daughter to family planning
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*Taking daughter to family planning
*Assisting police with their inquiries
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No need to give an excuse. Just say "I'm not coming in". Works for me.
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I have one woman under me who used to use this a bit. After 3 times in 6 months I decided to track it and see if random or same time of month. Guess what completely random. She tried it again and I told her its no longer cutting it and to get a doctors certificate because fourth time in a year. She complained to HR showed them the history and she went very quiet all of a sudden in that meeting (she quit 3 weeks later just before her performance review).
I'm epileptic so that is a great fall back. It's not like they can't say BS either as I had one in the office and it scared the crap out of a few people.
Use that more than once or twice and she will be gaining quite the rep*Gastro
*Taking daughter to family planning
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Doss
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It's guaranteed to work with most male bosses but I've never really understood why guys have to be so awkward about that stuff in general.
Cos they haven't grown up yet. Unless women are free bleeding then they have nothing to worry about!
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I'd say most blokes just don't want to know about it, especially with their work colleagues.
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Well that's what I figure. It's kind of a reality for, what, 35% of the total population? (whatever percentage of the population are female and aged 11-12 to 50ish)
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A mate of mine was a PE teacher at a girls school, every time they used the "women's problems" excuse he'd note down the name and date (in red pen lol) and make sure it was the same time of the month next time they used it.
I can pretty much get work off whenever I need anyway so don't need to use excuses anymore. A few years back I worked in construction but mainly in the office. I sprained my ankle playing basketball and the doc asked what I did. I said I worked on site all day every day so I got 7 days off with a certificate ha ha
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Getting certificates for longer than required is so easy.
Kynge of Begrem
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Not much of an expert on gynecology was he?
No, he was a PE teacher.
Kynge of Begrem
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clearly.
I don't really make an excuse. I'd just send an email/text saying I won't be in. If anybody bothered saying anything the next day I'd just say I wasn't feeling great and that would be it.
Well that's dumb. Most teenage girls have irregular periods until their cycles settle.
Say you suffer indolence. Works at the second hand bookstore near me. Hence the later start and early finish hours.
Yep all you need is a dr Howlong..
Most teenage girls also lie about their periods to get out of PE.
Yeah, I did it heaps, but 'tracking' it wouldn't have made a difference since some months I legitimately got 2 and some months I didn't get it at all.
TubbsFarquhar
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Saying you have violent diarrhea is the way to go.
Ok thanks. Pretty happy to end the discussion on women's plumbing right there, cheers.
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