# Lying to your boss

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-to-your-boss/528864>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-to-your-boss/528864 "2010-02-13T15:32:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-to-your-boss/528864/21 "2010-02-14T22:30:01Z")

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Oh yeah - I’d been at my job for less than a year when I got a phone call that my dad had had a stroke and was in the ICU. (I drive a desk, BTW.) I was crying and looking for a supervisor to tell I had to go home. Ran into the #2 guy who told me to be sure I used annual instead of sick leave.

Didn’t think much of it at the moment, but later played into the degree of consideration I figure I owe them.

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