spec me an excuse

adelburn · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:31

Basically I have an interview tomorrow morning at 8 and need to think of an excuse to have the morning off work.

I've kinda used the majority of excuses i.e. doctors and am looking for some random excuseto use.

I was thinking of something like. Cant come in constipation has made me a walking time bomb

melbourne720 · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:34

Working from home
Pipe burst
Cat was sick
Someone broke into your car, had to seal up the window
Storm blew someone's roof slate of their roof threw your window
Collect a prescription for explosive diarrhoea

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:34

try im at an interview, employers are legally obliged to let you have time off for interviews.

The_TailGunner · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:38

washing machine has flooded the house.

always works and doesn't count against your sick days, and doesn't run the risk of work wanting you to get a doctor's note. A non-illness related excuse, especially if its just for the morning, and going into work in the afternoon makes it completely credible.

a lot of companies use some kind of stats system to track sickness and single day sickness counts against you massively, so avoid them!

TG

yaboy · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:44

hargi said:
try im at an interview, employers are legally obliged to let you have time off for interviews.

best way to do it

adelburn · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:45

I'd still be going in at about noon and will be doing my full day so i'll finish at around 9 at night, so it looks like the washing machine will be flooding the house tomorrow

Hargi, I'm not actually that brave to tell them that, I'd probably end up texting my resignatinon and then dissapering for a month

lol @ explosive diarrhoea

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:51

sorry to hear that you cant tell them, mine was very supportive when i told them and even gave me advice for the interview. Maybe they wanted rid of me lol. (there was no where for me to progress to and they say that i was getting bored so helped me out)
What kinda job is it that your doing

adelburn · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:58

Well thats why I'm leaving aswell, it's not that there is no where to progress, the manager said that he needs me to support the supervisor for a couple of months and then hell look at promoting me. 9 months later and a hell of a lot of badgering and I'm no closer.

I've got an interview for an operations manager @ 22k, so fingers crossed.

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:02

good luck then, its awful working somewhere that you dont like.

adelburn · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:05

Ye I know,

The job is actually enjoyable and the people are great, but I am stagnating in my current position and need to test myself more.

Just hoping they can look past the fact that I'm only 22, bit too young for an OP's manager some might say.

Mephisto · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:06

"I was involved in a fatal airplane accident"

Sic · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:07

hargi said:
try im at an interview, employers are legally obliged to let you have time off for interviews.

source for that?

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:09

adelburn said:
The job is actually enjoyable and the people are great, but I am stagnating in my current position and need to test myself more.

sounds like my current job. start my new one in 2 weeks.
Will miss my mates here but looking forward to a new challenge.
Im 25 and on loads less then that, want to work my way up though.

What about i thought it was Saturday

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:13

Sic said:
source for that?

Looks like im talking **** http://www.worksmart.org.uk/rights/am_i_allowed_time_off_to_attend
Sorry, its what i had been told so thought it was right.

pitchfork · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:24

"I can't come in, my family was in a terrible plane crash an I am a vegetable, i'll see you tomorow"

melbourne720 · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:25

adelburn said:
lol @ explosive diarrhoea

guarantees no follow up questions

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:36

* i have period problems * works if your boss is male. never used it though been a man and all

Sic · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:40

hargi said:
Looks like im talking **** http://www.worksmart.org.uk/rights/am_i_allowed_time_off_to_attend
Sorry, its what i had been told so thought it was right.

that's cool - it was being discussed on another forum, and the consensus was that it wasn't allowed - you gave me a glimmer of hope for a little while though!

hargi · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:43

yeah i think though not sure but if you ask your boss for time off for interview he should say yes even if you dont get payed for it. if he's reasonable.