106.1 KISS FM » sickness http://1061evansville.com All the Hits Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Some People — GASP — May Not Actually Be Sick When They Take a Sick Day http://1061evansville.com/some-people-gasp-may-not-actually-be-sick-when-they-take-a-sick-day/ http://1061evansville.com/some-people-gasp-may-not-actually-be-sick-when-they-take-a-sick-day/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:15:46 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=145781 In not-so-stunning news, it appears that every sick day taken by employees may not be due to genuine illness. The latest survey by CareerBuilder found that about a third of all call-ins last year were made by workers who simply opted to take the day off rather than save their sick time for when they actually needed it.

However, the most interesting attribute of calling in sick is the excuses that people make for not coming into work. Sure, there are the standard lines that most managers hear repeatedly, but some employees get creative with their excuses.

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