Do you lie for skiing?

[Greg]

Be it "sick" days, Clark Kent maneuvers, etc.? It really is okay to do so, isn't it?

 

[kingslug]

My job knows when I call in...where I'll be.

 

[kingdom-tele]

yes - life is to short to be sitting at work wishing you were in the mountains

 

[Edd]

My job knows when I call in...where I'll be.

Ditto. Those are MY sick days.

 

[ctenidae]

We don't have "sick" days. If you're out, you're out. Not a problem until it's a problem.
Of course, I can't ever think that far ahead.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

If it's a day where it's going to snow...I offer to come into work at 5:00AM and shovel..then go skiing..my boss understands but he's my Dad..

 

[snoseek]

I would probably never take a job without some sort of powder clause....

 

[Vortex]

If I 'm not a work they know where I am. Would not call in anyway. Vacation day or I will be at work. I have found that helps you stay employed.

 

[deadheadskier]

If I 'm not a work they know where I am. Would not call in anyway. Vacation day or I will be at work. I have found that helps you stay employed.

+1

 

[bvibert]

Be it "sick" days, Clark Kent maneuvers, etc.? It really is okay to do so, isn't it?

I'm not sure everyone knows what 'Clark Kent' maneuvers are....

 

[davidhowland14]

I definitely lie to go skiing. I honestly live by no friends on a powder and it's caused me some trouble this season.

Twice this season I've ended up skiing with a friend who i didn't want to ski with while another friend I did want to ski with was at the same area. So I "got lost in the woods".

 

[drjeff]

Considering that I'm my own boss, I don't need to lie for the work excuse!

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Considering that I'm my own boss, I don't need to lie for the work excuse!

ditto

 

[riverc0il]

Absolutely never lie. As a manager of other people, nothing is as frustrating as having someone lie to your face (or ear, whatever) about being "sick" when they just want a day off. Just tell me for crying out loud, my staff almost always gets days off they request even on short notice. I worked this out with my boss.

This is one reason why I am a hugely in favor of general days off instead of separate "sick days", vacation days, personal days, etc. Just give people 20-30 whatever days off each year instead of breaking out these sick days where people that won't just ask for a vacation day off on short notice get double rewards in having the day off, getting paid, and not using a vacation day. Really annoys me on a personal level, not just as a hard manager, but someone that does the right thing and does not abuse the system.

 

[newskier]

If I want to ski during a week day, I just take a vacation day. I would never feel right about calling in sick--- it might be bad karma and I might end up getting hurt skiing as payback for lying. Plus, if I did end up hurting myself, everyone would know I'd lied to go skiing.

 

[o3jeff]

I'm not sure everyone knows what 'Clark Kent' maneuvers are....

Please explain what this "Clark Kent" maneuver is.

 

[Edd]

Absolutely never lie. As a manager of other people, nothing is as frustrating as having someone lie to your face (or ear, whatever) about being "sick" when they just want a day off. Just tell me for crying out loud, my staff almost always gets days off they request even on short notice. I worked this out with my boss.

This is one reason why I am a hugely in favor of general days off instead of separate "sick days", vacation days, personal days, etc. Just give people 20-30 whatever days off each year instead of breaking out these sick days where people that won't just ask for a vacation day off on short notice get double rewards in having the day off, getting paid, and not using a vacation day. Really annoys me on a personal level, not just as a hard manager, but someone that does the right thing and does not abuse the system.

Sometimes you need to call in on the spur of the moment, and it's usually because of skiing plans for me. I just say I'm "taking a sick day", I don't fake cough into the phone. They can call them "spur of the moment" days for all I care. Vacation days at most companies require a period of notice I may not be able to accommodate. I'm understanding when others just need to take a day, and I'm considered a good employee. I work to live, I don't live to work (do I sound defensive?).

 

[ALLSKIING]

Sometimes you need to call in on the spur of the moment, and it's usually because of skiing plans for me. I just say I'm "taking a sick day", I don't fake cough into the phone. They can call them "spur of the moment" days for all I care. Vacation days at most companies require a period of notice I may not be able to accommodate. I'm understanding when others just need to take a day, and I'm considered a good employee. I work to live, I don't live to work (do I sound defensive?).

No, you sound realistic.

 

[deadheadskier]

. Just give people 20-30 whatever days off each year

I WISH!!

 

[kcyanks1]

No, I don't lie to ski. I haven't really taken any spur of the moment trips, but even so, I wouldn't lie. If my schedule at work is light enough that I can manage to take the time off, it shouldn't be a big issue to once in a while decide a few days before that I want to take a day off. What matters in the end is that I get my work done. More often than not, of course, I have enough going on that I'm not going to just take a random day off without providing some advanced notification.