Excuses - Not to go to office
Hi Monkeys - If you have any advice/ideas on what to say to go less to the office each week, please shoot!
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I’ve heard “I quit” works well
(1) Supervise painting apartment (2) floor replacement (3) a/c installation (4) new plumbing (5) furniture delivery
(6) relative abroad visiting for week (7) covid-19 you/roomate (8) pink eye x bad cough (9) caring for sick partner x parent x pet (10) death in family
(10) car x biking accident (11) contesting ticket (12) jury duty x court summons (13) victim witness interview (14) weekday community service (15) circumcision event [Jewish or of friend].
These are great but more short term excuses. Longer time I'm thinking family member diagnosed with terminal cancer and need to spend more time at home to take care of them (could get 2-3 years out of this).
This isn’t funny and I sincerely hope this is just a bad joke.
cancer and any other terminal illnesses are not jokes. to be practical, most of the Asian countries do not allow 2 - 3 years off from work to take care of terminally ill family member. you will be forced to resign. on a serious note, do not use someone's health condition as a way to escape from working.
In my second year after college graduation, I was living in N. Virginia (DC area) and wanted to WFH and move to NYC.
I approached my 5th line manager and he approved (manger’s manager manager manager manager) my move to WFH and NYC. The beauty of this is that it came down the chain to my manager and he was just happy to approve and it was no risk for him as it came from up top.
I was super tight with my 5th line manager though - it doesn’t work if you just ask a random person in the dark.
It’s easier to get approvals when someone helps from up top I guess
“Can I please go less to the office?”
Home maintenance/contractor is a great one. "I moved into a fixer-upper"...
if none of those work, explosive diarrhoea
Tell them you have horrible gas and it’s in the office’s best interest.
no one is giving this excuse a consideration in the country i live in. it is a matter of their dignity. they will even fake a medical leave but not a word about gas trouble.
You are either getting an abortion(if female) or escorting a girl you got pregnant get an abortion. no one will want to ask more questions about it I guurantee.
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