By: MelleYeah 2 words: food….poisoning. Your dead asleep…..suddenly! you wake up….and notice……somethin’s comin out….one way or the other and/or both….You my friend; have food poisoning! All it takes is 1 bad tuna sandwich and your outta work for a day! I’m a vegetarian, so I get what I call ”meat poisoning” It pretty much has the same effect as actual food poisoning, but it is caused by eating... 

By: Dr. She I was working a crappy retail hell job at one of our distinguished bookstore chains and had decided the night before I couldn’t take one more mind numbing shift dealing with knuckle dragging troglodytes asking me to find a book with ”the” in the title. So first thing the next morning I called in, before I had taken a sip of juice so my voice had that sicky, scratchy sound to it. ”Yeah..feeling... 

By: Wugah I lie very, very poorly. No, seriously – I suck at it. Anyhow, with that said, I had been doing the 90 hour week thing for months on end at a startup company and the day after the CEO jumped on my ass about coming in at 10:00am one morning, I called in sick for the first time in my employ at this company (5 years)… And, since as you may recall I can’t lie for crap, I didn’t and... 

By: Fruity Pebbles I went into work on a Saturday after some partaying with too much booze still in my digestive system, and strenuously vomited all my cereal into a wastebasket in front of everybody about 40 minutes after I started work. If you’re not known as a drinky person, this sort of ‘intestinal flu’ is a Golden Ticket that gets you back home by 9 a.m. After a few hours sleep and some chiropractic healing,... 

By: Doodle I had a doofus back into my otherwise pristine Monte Carlo a while back. This was on a Friday. So Monday comes around, and I wanted to extend my weekend a few hours, so I called in late, saying I got in a light accident, and bumped my head…and I’ll be in late… Now, seeing as I obviously wasn’t thinking clearly, I was no where near my car when it got hit, nor did i actually bump my... 

By: Wirrly  I hate it when the day job interferes with the real career…if you’re an artist or musician or have any dreams outside of your day to day grind you know what I mean. I have always been upfront with every employer about my painting and gallery stuff and they have always been very supportive. That is until the bosses wife started pitching in (never worked a day in her life but she had just gotten a... 

By: Lady G I had planned Tuesday to be ’play hooky’ day the week before when my boss elected to reem me out for something that was completely and unequivocally his fault. Bastard. And then when my friend R invited me to see the Hold Steady Monday night, the decision seemed even a better one. No need to nurse another hangover in the office when you can just bang in sick. I set the stage for myself Monday telling...