DoonTheSlope Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 After starting a thread in the off topic section about maybe having to come up with an excuse for time off to hopefully go to the playoffs I was wondering what everyone else's best excuses are for skiving work to go to a game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 You knou the story about the teacher with the fake cast on his leg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 You knou the story about the teacher with the fake cast on his leg? Not yet...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) From memory. Got caught skiving at a game, Daily Record pic I think. Next big game turned up at work with a full leg cast and crutches. Much ado about him turning up to work in that state. He pointed out he was on a warning so had to turn up. Got sent home. Brother picks him up and cuts off the fake cast. Buggers off to game. Edited January 13, 2015 by andymac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Met a brickie fae london, I think it was at the 'dam Goerge Burley game jsut before the bevygate incident. Asked him why he was wearing a Sadam Hussain mask ( excuse spelling) and he said he was on the sick and if he was spotted on tv he would be in trouble. Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddybuc16 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Met a brickie fae london, I think it was at the 'dam Goerge Burley game jsut before the bevygate incident. Asked him why he was wearing a Sadam Hussain mask ( excuse spelling) and he said he was on the sick and if he was spotted on tv he would be in trouble. Class :lol: that is genius. Well done that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I did the same at the Netherlands playoff, was in Amsterdam at the arena picking up tickets, I had a crab as a sporran (Crab Douglas) and got ma photae taken by the DR, managed no te get found out tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 My work know I use 90% of my holiday time for Scotland games, so can not use it...... only time I have had to come up with a excuse was a B game in Mannheim many years ago, where I just pulled a sickie for 2 days. Belgium 2001 one of our group had to phone in sick every morning, but seemed to have a habit of picking the worst times to do it (ie on the train down to London while the carriage was jumping, in a corner of the Grand Place, outside a busy pub etc.....) to the point he just gave up after 3 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheepieTartanArmy Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Alicante 2011 my first ever away game on my own, got offered a free ticket last minute coudn't get it off so I phoned in with a sprained ankle that was fine. Was in a bar and a supervisor that was over aswell knew about me being off and seen me doing a near perfect salsa we a spanish bird. Safe to say I have been on my best behaviour since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Suffice to say my antics brought my engagement to an abrupt end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 "I'd like these days for my annual leave". It's an old one, but a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've never had any issues getting time off for away games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankieNat Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 When I ask my boss for a couple of days off his response is 'who are Scotland playing this time?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Being a Boss myself, it is a nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I always remember the auld jakey looking guy interviewed at France 98 on the tv. He told his wife in Edinburgh he was nipping oot for milk and a paper and never came back. That was a week before that interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I always remember the auld jakey looking guy interviewed at France 98 on the tv. He told his wife in Edinburgh he was nipping oot for milk and a paper and never came back. That was a week before that interview. Old Boy who used to go on our Glasgow Aberdeen Supporters Bus used to love telling us the story that he actually did pop out for a pint of milk one day, went to the pub where he met his mates who were setting off for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and he tagged along. Came back two weeks later to find the divorce papers sitting under a bottle of milk on the kitchen table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Old Boy who used to go on our Glasgow Aberdeen Supporters Bus used to love telling us the story that he actually did pop out for a pint of milk one day, went to the pub where he met his mates who were setting off for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and he tagged along. Came back two weeks later to find the divorce papers sitting under a bottle of milk on the kitchen table Sounds like she'd been planning it for a while. Canae trust these weemin folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyauldgit Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I broke my arm in work just before Euro 92, and was signed aff on the sick for 6 weeks (and because it was work related, I got full pay), so with nothing better to do for a few weeks, I ended up in Sweden at the fitbaw. My gaffer clocked me on the telly at 1 of the games, and when I came back to Scotland, he phoned my house and accused me of faking the broken arm, and then sent me for a company medical to prove his point. The medical showed that my arm was in fact broken, and was not healing as well as hoped (Nobody told me, that 10 days of falling about Swedish bars, would delay the healing process), so I got another 4 weeks off (Fully paid), and he got his baws rightly chewed, by his gaffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Family funeral for first day of Germany trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Family funeral for first day of Germany trip. Did you tell them that your whole family had died? Did your boss believe it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Did you tell them that your whole family had died? Did your boss believe it? Nah just one member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 My work are brilliant for getting time off whether it through Flex or Annual Leave not had an issue however university has been different, used to tell the tutors i had a wedding down south. Wasn't until i had the same tutor twice & questions started to get asked so it soon moved onto mysterious illnesses.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajin Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Nah just one member. Sensible. Cannae have a mass death of the whole lot or you'll no have an excuse for next trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Old Boy who used to go on our Glasgow Aberdeen Supporters Bus used to love telling us the story that he actually did pop out for a pint of milk one day, went to the pub where he met his mates who were setting off for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and he tagged along. Came back two weeks later to find the divorce papers sitting under a bottle of milk on the kitchen table mmm did he have his passport with him to cross an international border to get his pint of milk ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Sensible. Cannae have a mass death of the whole lot or you'll no have an excuse for next trip. Aye true haha. I can have a few sickies again now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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