# Should I ditch work?  Need answer fast.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862 "2011-12-30T19:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862/1 "2011-12-30T19:07:57Z")

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Everyone’s gone for the weekend. The government, like they always do, authorized a three-hour early release today. I’m a contractor, though, so I can’t leave. Thus the “ditching” part. I have three options:

1. Tough out the next 2 hours in absolute boredom.
2. Leave now and charge 2 hours of leave on my timesheet.
3. Leave now and charge a full day’s work, risking getting caught and potentially fired.

The likelihood of getting caught is maybe 1%-2%. I only have about 4 hours of leave time saved up, though.

What say you?

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862/2 "2011-12-30T19:10:01Z")

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Apparently, you have internet access. Just hop on TV Tropes. Two hours should be gone like _that_.

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862/3 "2011-12-30T19:11:17Z")

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Yeah, grab a snack and relax on the Web for a couple of hours. No problem.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862/4 "2011-12-30T19:14:30Z")

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> [@dangermom](#):
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> Yeah, grab a snack and relax on the Web for a couple of hours. No problem.

But it’s a Friday before a holiday- I’ve been doing that all day! And I can’t do anything that sucks up bandwidth or they might notice. That’s why I flip back and forth between CNN, Wiki, and the Dope.

Plus, there’s no freshly-opened Skyrim here, completely the opposite of my house.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-ditch-work-need-answer-fast/607862/5 "2011-12-30T19:14:55Z")

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I have an important 3:00 meeting today.

At home.

Just go!