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I'm Calling in Dead....

#1

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I had tomorrow off... I had ordered the Blizzcon live stream... I had snacks prepared... I was gonna couch potato in front of my computer and enjoy the Blizzcon event as if I was there (Dark room, noise cancelation headphones, noonelse home) and then what happens?



:Leyla:

(oh bloody hell, I could have just posted this in the Rant thread.... Oh mods!)


#2

Shakey

Shakey

You know what you need to do.


#3



Chibibar

You should have sneak out without them seeing you and well... turn off your cellphone :)


#4

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Chibibar said:
You should have sneak out without them seeing you and well... turn off your cellphone :)
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Been there. They sent someone to my house to check up on me. I claimed my cellphone died and I was really sick. They insisted I write in an email next time. :angry:


#5



Chibibar

Shegokigo said:
Chibibar said:
You should have sneak out without them seeing you and well... turn off your cellphone :)
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Been there. They sent someone to my house to check up on me. I claimed my cellphone died and I was really sick. They insisted I write in an email next time. :angry:
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wow.. they really need ya huh? must need someone to be "taken care" off ;)

ah well.


#6

Shannow

Shannow

its good for you. get away from the pc, out in the world. Sitting there watching blizzcon is just sad. :blue:


#7

@Li3n

@Li3n

Blizzcon start tomorrow?! I was sure it was later... good to know.

Also, write an e-mail about how you have a nasty case of diarrhoea... stomach pains are easy to fake, and it's not like anyone is going to check your toilet... are they?

@ Shannow

Being at work is sadder...


#8

HoboNinja

HoboNinja

Gah I am contemplating getting the online feed... I want the murloc pet and my friends want to watch it so I will probably get it and just have it on a computer at work for everyone to watch. But $40 is kinda pricy shit :confused:


#9





If you asked for the time off take it off. I hate places that think they can overrule your days off. Is it a life or death thing? No.


#10

Bubble181

Bubble181

Edrondol said:
If you asked for the time off take it off. I hate places that think they can overrule your days off. Is it a life or death thing? No.
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This.


#11





Especially since you shelled out the $40. That would be like having reservations at a restaurant and having your boss tell you you can't go. If you have the time to take off it's time you EARNED and is YOUR time to do with what you will.

I would not go back in as I'd already made prior commitments.


#12

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

The sick call where the boss dares to ask what is wrong, I always respond... I crapped my pants. All questions end at that point.

-- Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:32 pm --

Or call in with an eye problem.

Eye can't see my ass coming in this morning.


#13





But she said she'd already had the day off! So they're basically guilting her or intimidating her into giving up an already approved vacation day!


#14

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Edrondol said:
So they're basically guilting her into giving up an already approved vacation day!
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Yep.

The main reason being, the bank went through a pretty lengthy firing a while back, leaving the whole department massively overwhelmed and short staffed. I asked for the time off before all that happened. Now I'm one of the "lucky ones" that kept their job but work 6 days a week. Now this nonsense.... I think I'm going to finally come out and "call in gay".

at 0:50


#15



Chibibar

Shegokigo said:
Edrondol said:
So they're basically guilting her into giving up an already approved vacation day!
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Yep.

The main reason being, the bank went through a pretty lengthy firing a while back, leaving the whole department massively overwhelmed and short staffed. I asked for the time off before all that happened. Now I'm one of the "lucky ones" that kept their job but work 6 days a week. Now this nonsense.... I think I'm going to finally come out and "call in gay".

at 0:50
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Content not available in your country :(

I hate censorship.


#16



WolfOfOdin

Just say a family member died!

And then for added oomph, kill your least favorite family member


#17

figmentPez

figmentPez

Shegokigo said:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6xz9r_calling-in-gay-to-work_gaylesbian
at 0:50
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"You don't have permission to access the requested URL."


#18

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

http://video.google.com/videosearch?rlz ... en&tab=wv#


#19

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Wow, this country blocking nonsense has fucking spread everywhere. Ugh.


#20

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Shegokigo said:
Edrondol said:
So they're basically guilting her into giving up an already approved vacation day!
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Yep.

The main reason being, the bank went through a pretty lengthy firing a while back, leaving the whole department massively overwhelmed and short staffed. I asked for the time off before all that happened. Now I'm one of the "lucky ones" that kept their job but work 6 days a week. Now this nonsense.... I think I'm going to finally come out and "call in gay".

at 0:50
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I'm gonna bet they asked you while you were there.

Otherwise I'd have suggested you say you were going on a trip and you already left the moment you left work today.


#21

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yep, I was in my office and the supe did the "lean".


#22

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

sixpackshaker said:
The sick call where the boss dares to ask what is wrong, I always respond... I crapped my pants. All questions end at that point.

-- Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:32 pm --

Or call in with an eye problem.

Eye can't see my ass coming in this morning.
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Bill used to call in sick every monday.
One day the boss, getting tired of it, went to Bill's house. "oh, he visits his sister every monday!" the landlady said. "He's such a nice boy"
So the boss goes to Bill's sisters. He pulls up, and sees (and hears!) bill and his sister having wild sex through a partially cracked window.

After pounding on the door, Bill's boss demanded an explanation. "What the hell! You take time off every monday to have sex with your sister??" the boss asked incredulously.

"I told you I was sick!" Bill replied smugly.


#23





Shegokigo said:
enjoy the Blizzcon event as if I was there (Dark room, noise cancelation headphones, noonelse home)
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:rofl:

"As if you were there" means bring about 50 people with BO and nacho breath into your house and have them mill as closely as possible around you, talking loudly so you can't hear the TV and occasionally bumping into you, and when you want to go to the bathroom, you have to wait in line behind all of them.

(That said, I loved Blizzcon -- twice -- but the OP is hardly a way to recreate the experience.)


#24

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I meant, as if I was standing in the hallway (sans other people, as in all the good, none of the bad). Looking out my own eyes, witnessing everything unfold.


#25

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

...I think I'd prefer Shego's way.

But $40 I am not dishing out. I'll hear the news when everyone else does.


#26

Rob King

Rob King

@#&!!!

One of these days, I'm going to have my grandson on my knee, and I will tell him about when I was a young man, and there were people who had the gall to restrict data based on political borders.

I hope he won't believe me.


#27

Frank

Frankie Williamson

I'm sure Justin.tv will have feeds available to watch it.


#28



Heavan

Rob King said:
One of these days, I'm going to have my grandson on my knee, and I will tell him about when I was a young man, and there were people who had the gall to restrict data based on political borders.
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Make sure you open with 'Back in aught nine' for the maximum old out-of-touch dude disbelief factor :thumbsup:


#29



crono1224

/jquit. I hate jobs that are like that, my last one required doctors notes for calling in (it was a min wage pizza job), and tried to force one of the workers to work on his grad party. Depending where you live and the specific economic climate/job availbility they know they can push you cause there maybe another 50 people waiting to be hired in.


#30



rabbitgod

+1 to your job being stupid.

I hate jobs like that. Your time is your time.

I recently had to convince my bosses to let me take my Vacation in an unconventional maner.

I had 80+ hours to spend in 60 something days, but I wouldn't be a good idea to take off for a few consecutive days. So I told them I would just take off an hour early or come in an hour late or have an extra long lunch and use my Vacation for that.

It took time= :slap:, but they saw it my way.


#31

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I still got 5 vacation days I need to use... hrm..


#32

@Li3n

@Li3n

rabbitgod said:
I recently had to convince my bosses to let me take my Vacation in an unconventional maner.
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At least they're not forcing you to take unpayed vacations during the month of their choosing... lucky me it's my birthday that month so i was planing to take the 10 days off anyhow...


#33

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

back when I worked for Citibank, I didn't work the actual bank, but for the Card Services division. However, we still were mandated (I guess legally) to get all bank holidays off plus personal time. It added up to something like 28 days a year.

So, because I like short work weeks, my first six months there I took every Monday off. Luckily, they really didn't care how you spent your time. It was pretty awesome.


#34

Seraphyn

Seraphyn

Wait, 40 bucks to watch a Live Stream? WTF :confused:

Not a flame on anyone able and willing to waste money on it, but seriously, that price seems way excessive.


#35

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Seraphyn said:
Wait, 40 bucks to watch a Live Stream? WTF :confused:

Not a flame on anyone able and willing to waste money on it, but seriously, that price seems way excessive.
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And a one time offer of an ingame pet. These ingame items have sold for up to $400+ in the past. Just letting you know the "extra" pull.


#36

Jay

Jay

2 year ago they had a card set, which I bought a box from that "fell from the back of a truck". I bought a whole carton of cards for 30$... inside of it was a rare etheral cat mount.. I ebayed that card and got 640$ US (which back then was like 750+ Canadian). I immediately felt bad that that I didn't buy the 2nd box.. what a cheap bastard I was. I never played their card game. lol

Hindsight 20/20 FTL.


#37

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

You were lucky, there was aproximately 1 in 50 or so boxes (the mount card that is).


#38

Hylian

Hylian

Man your work sucks. Your time had already been aproved off so right now they are being nothing other than a bully/guilt trip parent.


#39

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Oh yeah, I'm sitting here AT work by the way. :eek:rly:


#40

Jay

Jay

That's bullshit, don't you have a written confirmation of this? That they gave you the day off?

Time to change job conchita.


#41

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yeah like I said earlier, my job platform isn't exactly hiring like crazy in this area. I'm also one of the "lucky" few who survived a mass firing a few months ago.

My time off was approved BEFORE we became massively under-staffed. Basically if I hadn't shown up today (Friday's the busiest day) they wouldn't have been able to handle the workload. Supposedly. :eyeroll:


#42

Shakey

Shakey

Shegokigo said:
Seraphyn said:
Wait, 40 bucks to watch a Live Stream? WTF :confused:

Not a flame on anyone able and willing to waste money on it, but seriously, that price seems way excessive.
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And a one time offer of an ingame pet. These ingame items have sold for up to $400+ in the past. Just letting you know the "extra" pull.
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It's also 2 days worth of coverage. It's not exactly a pay-per-view movie.


#43

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I'm going to get home and watch the video at my lesiure at least. Skip over the stuff I have little interest in. Of course I'm going to spoil it all for myself by reading mmo-champion as the info comes out.

3hrs till the WoW "preview panel". *sigh*


#44

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Feed's about to start. Watching it on Justin.tv right now.


#45

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

47mins and counting....


#46

redthirtyone

redthirtyone

Shegokigo said:
Yeah like I said earlier, my job platform isn't exactly hiring like crazy in this area. I'm also one of the "lucky" few who survived a mass firing a few months ago.
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Yeah - you'd be amazed at how little the phrase "job security" does for employee morale when it gets used as an excuse for increased workload.


#47



Selgeron

Don't you hate it when you take a day off to do something nerdy, get the day off they call you in and ask you whats so important and you try to explain, and it just ends up with you embarassed and them saying "If you don't come in today because you're playing VIDYA games then don't bother coming in tomorrow!"

When you are a cashier working for 7.25/hr. Highschool sucked, I learned to just tell everyone I was on a soccer team or something else 'acceptable'


#48

Jay

Jay

I used to say that I did charity work to get out of overtime work and weekends. They didn't believe me and always gave me a hard time but I always bluffed my way and invited them to take the day off and go do charity work, they NEVER picked up on the offer. "What do you do?" "Hang out with the elderly and keep them company, play games." "You do this on your OWN time??" "Yes, it's highly rewarding" I brought in some pictures I found on the internet and showed them. "Why do you do this?" "I love my grandfather, don't you?"

Worked brilliantly even during video game release days.


#49

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

My band really does some free gigs at old folks' homes occasionally. I always get a kick out of how much everyone enjoys the shows.

Now I can get an added benefit with the band photos.

Thanks for the tip, Jay ;)


#50

rac3r_x

rac3r_x

Could just do what Peter did and stay in bed not answer the phone, and refuse to answer the door if they come check on you.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8K-dYse0Q:27nm7lx5][/youtube:27nm7lx5]


#51

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yeah, except my car would have totally been in the driveway. :eek:rly:


#52

Jay

Jay

You got a lift elsewhere, who cares. Why they knock at your door on your day off?? :Leyla:


#53

Frank

Frankie Williamson

CATACLYSM GAMEPLAY! BOOOZAH!


#54

Shakey

Shakey

From the wow.com blog:
12:12PM Archaeology will be a new secondary profession.

12:12PM DEATHWING HAS RETURNED!!!!!!! Pyro on stage. Wow!

12:11PM Classic zones forever changed by the Cataclysm.
Heroic Shadowfang keep. Guild leveling system. Path of the titans character progression.

12:11PM Unearthed \"bastions of antiquity.\" Looks like a dwarf instance.

12:11PM New Race/class combinations. Gnome Priests. New monsters.

12:10PM Flying mounts in Azeroth.

12:10PM Worgen transformation. Those who were once human have become something more. Forsaken attack them, Worgen Alliance race.


12:10PM Very misty, lots of cathedrals.

12:10PM Greymane Wall has been shattered.

12:10PM Goblins shipwrecked upon the Lost Isles, fighting Gronn. Goblins of Kazaan have found new Alliancs in the Horde. Playable Horde Goblins.

12:09PM Maelstorm churns -- goblins driven from their homes, seeking sanctuary.

12:09PM Wetlands is destroyed, Ashenvale hit as well.

12:09PM showing zones destroyed in laval. Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms. The Barrens full of canyons of lava

12:08PM As the terrible war against the Lich King continues, the defenders of Azeroth fight to secure a lasting peace. But there can be no peace when the world itself is devoured by rain.


12:07PM Trailer playing

12:07PM I Give you WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM.
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#55

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Yeah, so everything that was reported beforehand is exactly correct. Not one surprise. Boo.


#56

Shakey

Shakey

Archaeology as a profession :bush: . That will be interesting...


#57

Jay

Jay

showing zones destroyed in laval.
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Shit, my city!!!


#58

Frank

Frankie Williamson

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/


#59

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I'm staying on my Horde Tauren Shaman as he's "Grandfathered" as a High Warlord. I will say this, I will be "seriously" playing a Goblin Rogue as a "second main" and not an "alt".

Goblins have always been my favorite race to play in Fantasy games whenever given the chance, I'm damn glad to see them on WoW.


#60

Bubble181

Bubble181

Pfft. Too much WoW, not enough SC2 and DIII. :humph:


#61

@Li3n

@Li3n

Bubble181 said:
Pfft. Too much WoW, not enough SC2 and DIII. :humph:
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