Woman Fakes Cancer to get out of work

@laglen (19759)
United States
May 16, 2008 4:56pm CST
Woman forges doctors notes and collected $21000 in paid leave. Wow. To what extent have you faked being sick to get out of work?
8 responses
@Shawchert (1094)
• United States
16 May 08
uh worse I said was that i had diahria... and i did lol.... it was horrible I would never make a lie like that EVER!!!!! and I wouldn't be getting time off like that either lol.... but i'm not too worried I rather work and know i earned what i get.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
17 May 08
me too. and what about when she does get cancer? nobody will believe her!
@Shawchert (1094)
• United States
17 May 08
exactly. someone should teach her about the boy who cried wolf
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• India
17 May 08
i once faked..but was almost caught but some smart thinking on my part let me through...plz donot fake illness unnecessarily, it may really land u in gr8 trouble
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
8 Jun 08
good advice!
• Canada
16 May 08
About the furthest i've ever went to faking sick for work was calling in when I had flu symptoms but no fever lol I know thats lame, but I really just go to work no matter what 99% of the time.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
17 May 08
That is the extent of mine as well. I always think that if I say I am sick, then I will get sick and be out of sick days!
@sunkissed (4330)
• United States
16 May 08
WoW, that is really outragious, how long did she think she could get by with that lie!!She must have been off work quit a while to have recieved that much money. Well she probally is now looking for another job.I have not worked in years, but when I did work, I called in sick a few times and said that I had the flu or something like that. I was off so much with real medical problems that I normally did not have to fake it.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
17 May 08
I am sorry for the real medical problems. That must have bee a bummer.......
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
16 May 08
That's absolutely outrageous, crazy! xo People who are willing to do something like that have extremely low moral values.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
17 May 08
I know! I think this is where Karma comes in....
@Adelida2233 (1005)
• United States
16 May 08
HA HA HA. I wouldn't be surprised if whatever doctor's name she used filed a suit for misrepresentation. She probably used her real doctors name like a fool too. I'm sure she will also be paying back the $21,000 from her new job, should she ever get another one. I have called out sick twice...yes twice ever. The first time I probably could have gone to work, I felt fine but had german measles and they are very contagious. So I basically locked myself in the house for a week or so. The second time I never really did figure out what was wrong. My back hurt so badly that I couldn't even get out of bed. My doctor is a close family friend, so fortunately he came to my apartment, saw me, and prescribed something for me. I think he may have even gone to the CVS for me to get it, I don't really remember(thankfully). I've never called out for a stupid reason. I've always actually been sick.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
17 May 08
I'm sure your right about the law suit. And I am glad there are so many honest people here! Thank you for your post!
@cortney09 (1345)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I thing that the furthest that I have gone would probably be calling in sick when all I had was a little cold. I would never go any further than that.
• United States
9 Jun 08
The worst I did was call in to say I had a fever and didn't, but then I felt guilty all day long. I normally don't call in sick. I am afraid that something serious will come up and I won't have the time to take off.