Do you "call in sick", or "call out sick"?

• Jun 28, 2013

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Up until recently, I've never heard anyone use the expression, "call out sick", thanks Scotty. I might have just attributed it to "Scottyese", but I heard Tina Fey say it in an episode of 30 Rock last night. Is this a regional thing? I think it's pretty cool that two words that mean the opposite can imply the same thing in this context. One seems just as valid as the other. So, are you an iny, or an outy? Too much time on my hands? You betcha! Maybe I need to "call out sick"!:wink:

 

• Jun 28, 2013

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Your welcome, I always call out with text message actually, funny thing is that I have not been sick since winter ended.

 

• Jun 28, 2013

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Call out sick.

Though I usually just "call out". I don't say I'm sick if I'm not really sick, I just say I won't be in and leave it at that.

 

• Jun 28, 2013

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I also call out sick

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• Jun 28, 2013

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I call in, to say I'm sick. But sometimes when I call, it's because I'm out sick.

I guess I should just call in, out sick.

 

• Jun 28, 2013

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I have no idea what the protocall is for me if Im sick. Only been with the company 8 yrs now....

I never get sick...
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• Jun 28, 2013

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"Call in sick" is so old school 20th Century. I email when I'm sick.

 

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call in sick - i actually had this conversation just the other day with a co worker, weird.

 

• Jun 28, 2013

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I call out well. I'd rather miss work when I'm feeling well than when I'm feeling sick.

 

• Jul 1, 2013

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deadheadskier said:

I call out well. I'd rather miss work when I'm feeling well than when I'm feeling sick.

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• Jul 1, 2013

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deadheadskier said:

I call out well. I'd rather miss work when I'm feeling well than when I'm feeling sick.

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Luckily, I happened to be in New England last year when I might otherwise have called in sick. Actually happened to be in the Mad River Valley for the one week it snowed in the 2011-2012 season, first week of March, thank God.