Using technology to fake sick

Steve Safran October 5th, 2006

Ah, sick days. Or, I should write “sick days.” The biggest problem with calling in sick is the strategy of how to sound on the phone. Do you cough? Too obvious. Have your spouse/significant other make the call? Lame. CNet points us to Call In Sick, a free service that lets you record a sick call before you go to bed and then makes the call to your boss’s line at, say, 5 a.m. Awkwardness avoided, and you can even stay in bed. Please Note: Lost Remote in no way encourages the dishonest practice of using a company-paid sick day if you are not sick, unless there is a 1 p.m. playoff game.

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  • 1. Steve Bryant  |  October 5th, 2006 at 12:00 pm

    The problem with faking sick these days, Steve-o, is that you can’t go online at all. You’ve gotta go invisible on your IM client and stay out of Gmail to maintain the ruse. It’s hella annoying.

  • 2. The High-tech Way To Call&hellip  |  October 5th, 2006 at 8:08 pm

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  • 3. cassidy  |  August 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am

    i want to fake sick

  • 4. Ratboy  |  January 19th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

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