When calling in sick just won’t do, a couple men took ditching work to a whole new level.

 

At around 7:30 a.m. on 22 February a man walked into a police box complaining that while he was using the urinal of Shonaidori Station on the Tsurumai Line of Nagoya’s subway he felt someone push into his back. Checking afterwards he discovered blood.

 

Sure enough, when the police examined the 54-year-old man they found a 2.5 centimeter (1 inch) long stab wound on the right side of his lower back. He was then rushed to hospital for treatment while the restroom of Shonaidori Station was closed off to be investigated as a crime scene.

 

It is unclear whether it was because evidence was found at the crime scene, or because investigators were finding inconsistencies in his testimony, but that same day while waiting in the hospital the victim felt compelled to come clean and confess that he was his own attacker.

 

Two men stab themselves to get out of going to work in separate incidents | RocketNews24

If stabbing yourself is an option to ditch work for the day, it might be time to find a job you like better. Just sayin' ....

My question to all BGP'ers is this: What's the most drastic thing you have ever done or might consider doing to get a day off from work?

 

I knew someone once who had his cousin call in for him and say he had died in a wreck the night before. Obviously, he had no desire to EVER return to that job.

Has anyone else ever called in dead?

I like this quote from the story: “A Japanese company wouldn’t let you get a day off after being stabbed anyway. They’d order you right back into the office after the police report is finished.”

 

Japanese companies apparently have some pretty high expectations.

I have really bad allergies and I will sometimes milk it a little more than I should as an excuse to get out of the office early or come in late. Can't take whole days off. There's nobody else to do my job, and I don't need it to pile up anymore than it already does.

My question to all BGP'ers is this: What's the most drastic thing you have ever done or might consider doing to get a day off from work?

 

I knew someone once who had his cousin call in for him and say he had died in a wreck the night before. Obviously, he had no desire to EVER return to that job.

Has anyone else ever called in dead?

 

No...but I had a friend who called in drunk. Needless to say, his employer excused him from work for the rest of his life.

Back in 2012. I called my boss and told I had went to the bathroom in my pants. Just so happened it was a Friday and Kentucky was playing in the SEC tourney that afternoon. Wanted to get to my brothers house and pregame a little. My boss felt so embarrassed he said to just take the rest of the day off.

 

If I'm lying I'm dying.