So. You're sick. Sick of work, that is. And you don't want to come in. So, what do you do? You call your boss and say, "I can't come in this morning. I'm unwell."
In the old days, your boss would sigh and say, "I hope you feel better soon."
But these days, your boss doesn't feel sympathy. They know how to prove you were lying. It doesn't involve hiring a private investigator and having someone follow you to make sure you don't leave the house.
All they have to do is log on to Facebook. Now, this particular story may turn out to be urban legend, as the alleged e-mail exchange is denied by boss and culprit... but the story goes like this:
Kyle Doyle chucked a sickie, as they say in Australia, and on his Facebook status update were the immortal words,
Kyle Doyle is not going to work, fuck it i'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!
When Kyle refused to give his boss a medical certificate, saying it was unnecessary, his boss then pasted the status update into an email as 'proof' of the deception.
True or not, the email illustrates rule number one: your current boss should never be your friend on Facebook. That's what LinkedIn is for. Rule number two you can work out for yourself...
Source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=651937
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