Show me a person who has never called in sick to work to get a personal day, and I’ll show you someone who’s never had a real job. However, most fakers want a job to go back to the next day. Our tips on calling in sick to work will help you enjoy your sickie without wondering if you’ve pushed your boss too far:

  • Do not go into minute detail about what you’re suffering from. Someone who really has food poisoning will not have the time or energy to detail what he ate that could be responsible for his predicament.
  • Keep up the act when you’re back at work–if you said you were at death’s door on Monday, you’d better at least look pale on Tuesday!
  • Calling in sick on a Friday or Monday, particularly before or after a long weekend, is much more suspicious than doing so in the middle of the week.

Need more tips–visit Mahalo’s page on How to Call in Sick to Work.