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¿Question #3431?
Randy Cox: Do you call in sick when you're healthy?

ocdspectrum: Never!
Arboretum: No. Cross my heart. I sometimes want to, but in the end, I don't and crawl to work (even with pneumonia or a broken toe and on crutches, so I guess I do overdo it. It's a weakness, too).
r0manski: yes, sometimes
TiwazTyrsfist: Sometimes. Well, with my previous job. My current job, I get 10 weeks off over the summer so I feel a little bad even taking time off when I'm ACTUALLY sick.
Zidan: No. But that's a great idea!
Artifiring: No
Woelf: No
Spirit of 70: No.
jessitron: Well, if you consider feeling crappy as a result of lack of sleep, rather than of an illness, healthy, then yes.
MamaRat: Of course. As Dilbert says, sick days are just vacation days with sound effects.
bcooperok: Yeah. And sometimes I call in healthy when I am sick, just to mess with em.
pwilz: I've taken sick leave for a poor night's sleep the night before, but otherwise, I've usually been sick.
Head_Rat: I don't know anyone called "In Sick".
Polgara: no
Sideburn: Given that anyone answering this question (furthermore anyone who even read this or any other GeekQuestion for that matter) is sick to begin with for doing so, none of the answer should be treated as valid...
Randy Cox: No, I don't think so. Good question, Randy.
kroxldyphivc: no. you call in well
Geosmores: no
Admiral Fisher: No
MartinStever: Nope.
Rliyen: Sometimes when I need a mental health day.
Muzza: No. I'm unhealthy often enough to not want to waste the sick days.
diemacher: Never
DHEK: No. That's dishonest.
aleo09: no
spamwise: Nope
Ebon Wendigo: No
Grym: I'm never healthy.
william_henshaw: no
Leo-T: rarely - but then I've also gone to work when I've been sick
tomlynch: Only twice in over ten years of work.
dmomo: No.
JimPAX: Define healthy.
Cthugha: No.
ZiggyZambo: sometimes
stevegamer: No.
vampywife: No, as I don't like to let down the people I work with. I won't say I've never done it, though, as I'm not perfect.
Beelzebub: Its known as a mental health day
southseasnurse: Physically, yes.
tuva_lisa: I don´t have to...I´´m out of job (and not missing it)
Nekura: Yes
herman_the_german: No, but I've shown up sick several times.
interhawk: no
DrFlanagan: boardgames (I just want to answer "boardgames" to all questions"
Big Bad Lex: I work for myself
jasta6: only once............................................to see a concert....
WatchmanX2000: on rare occasion. it's called a mental health day
rpayne22: yes
brainrob: No
dietevil: Only if I have a job interview *twiddles thumbs*. But I generally reserve my PTO for vacation and work at home when sick. (Yes, really WORK at home)
Geese: no
Beowulf: Of course. What's the point of wasting a perfectly good sick day?
ZombyDawg: No
LemonyFresh: No
SteveK2: I'm self-employed - we're not allowed to be sick
chrisisapimp: yea
scriptorum: Hehee, not tellin.
xlorp: Since my employer stopped tracking sick days, you betcha!
tragicpoet: sometimes
erli: Between you and me...yes
Mike A: No, never.
Karlsen: No
yossarians: no
POvidiusNaso: Once in a while.
snoozefest: rare; have used a sick day when I was stuck in the snow on the driveway
Mikebegeta: yep
CharlieWonka: I have done
Lord_Prussian: No
Bluenose: Only when "Trisha" is on.
Belash: mentally or physically?
relic10: VERY rarely.
djlg: No.
The Unbeliever: 42
skelebone: I've never called in sick.
chrisesko: Only if I'm going to Billcon
chaddyboy_2000: No.
jttm: Not recently.
davidme: I'm always sick.
CortexBomb: I have no guilt about such things
Spielfreak: no
puffinge: Hey my boss may get involved in GeekQuestions some day!
CDRodeffer: No