THE INSIDER: Weapons of mass absenteeism
A Glaswegian boss sees through drunkard's 'sickie' appeal on a Sunday
A British boss had the best response for a confused employee after he tried to "pull a sickie" on his day off. The Mirror reported that Glaswegian Mark McLelland messaged his boss after having a few too many the night before. Thinking it was Monday morning, the hungover 20-year-old sent a text asking for the day off, claiming he had "the runs". But his boss, named only as "Greig", clearly saw straight through his excuse and shot him back a stern response, calling him a "f***ing weapon [stupid]". McLelland tweeted a screenshot of the exchange on National Sickie Day, which falls on the first Monday of February in the UK, the day when the highest number of employees are reported to call in sick — about 350,000 in 2017. The screenshot, with the comment: "When you wake up thinking it’s Monday morning and text your gaffer wanting a day off" has since had 24,000 likes and 6,000 retweets. Greig’s full response to the initial message was: "1 — you need to come up with a better excuse than th...
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