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Andy Stocker

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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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21st Nov 07 at 00:42

work 4 hours ago. However a powercut or a blown fuse meant my alarm didn't go off and I only woke up 1/2 an hour ago.
I've now rung in to explain, but I wonder how bollocked i'll get tonight when I go in. Never missed work like this in 4 1/2 years

[Edited on 22-11-2007 by Andy Stocker]

Lawrah

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21st Nov 07 at 00:42

oops!

tom_simes

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21st Nov 07 at 00:43

And your on Corsasport?

I suppose another 5 minutes on top of 4 hours isn't really going to make much difference.

ShEp

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21st Nov 07 at 00:43

1st time in 4 1/2 years??

they'd have a fucking brass neck to get onto you badly for doing it once

Matt H

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21st Nov 07 at 00:45

Accidents happen, if this were "yet another excuse" then you really would be in bother!

Mike

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21st Nov 07 at 00:47

You should be fine, as Matt says if it was a regular thing then you'd be in shit, but I'd be more than happy if an employee, worked 4 1/2 years without something like this

Andy Stocker

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21st Nov 07 at 00:53

quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
And your on Corsasport?

I suppose another 5 minutes on top of 4 hours isn't really going to make much difference.

Not going in now, they may swap my rota day.
Onlly usually miss work due to being ill and thats only 1 or 2 days a year if that.
But as i've said i've never missed work because i've misread a rota, or slept through an alarm, or any lame excuse before.
When they finally answered the phone I apologised for not being in and he said ' you overslept then' I said no because my alarm never went off in the 1st place

Have to set the alarm on my phone as a backup from now on!

Ian

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21st Nov 07 at 01:04

I use my phone, which when it's on the table is fine but I've got in to this habit of putting it on the pillow next to me so it's easier to snooze it, but this makes it quieter!

Andy Stocker

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21st Nov 07 at 01:29

Phone on the other side of the room then

andy1868

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21st Nov 07 at 09:06

i use my phone, just make sure its always charged

Ash_EP3

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21st Nov 07 at 09:08

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I use my phone, which when it's on the table is fine but I've got in to this habit of putting it on the pillow next to me so it's easier to snooze it, but this makes it quieter!

Same

Jamie

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21st Nov 07 at 09:57

quote:
Originally posted by S214_UPP

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I use my phone, which when it's on the table is fine but I've got in to this habit of putting it on the pillow next to me so it's easier to snooze it, but this makes it quieter!

Same

Brett

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21st Nov 07 at 09:59

WTF? You should've phoned in and said you're sick

Andy Stocker

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21st Nov 07 at 10:03

quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
WTF? You should've phoned in and said you're sick

If i'm sick i'm supposed to ring in 2 hours early

andy1868

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21st Nov 07 at 10:05

should've said you had a fever, fell asleep and was therefore unable to ring in

Andy Stocker

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21st Nov 07 at 10:09

I'd get in more crap for being sick again. It's a genuine excuse and as said i've never been late or missed work for no reason in 4 1/2 years

Brett

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21st Nov 07 at 10:12

quote:
Originally posted by Andy Stocker

quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
WTF? You should've phoned in and said you're sick

If i'm sick i'm supposed to ring in 2 hours early

Well...it works for me....You just need to do the old "i've been by the toilet for the past 4hours vomitting"

Andy Stocker

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21st Nov 07 at 10:13

Hopefully nothing will come of it and i'll be able to work my other rota day this week to make up the hours

Daimo B

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21st Nov 07 at 11:27

Don's told me about how much of an anus your work is about time off, sickness n that.

Best thing you could of done is say what you did. Humans arn't perfect, things happen. You cannot be at fault for a power cut and no alarm going off.

If they give you any shit, just speak to Donna and she does all the employment law for work

dave17

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21st Nov 07 at 11:41

i was 30min late today

Daimo B

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21st Nov 07 at 11:44

I was 7 minutes late.

Dave you will hate me (im in Gravesend).

I was up at 7.45am, spent 15 minutes trying to sort an ingrowing toenail. Realised i was gonna be late, kitted up, left the house at 8.20am. Got into the city center for 9.07am including some cr4ppy traffic though the BW tunnel.

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