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: Employment Advisory

By Rod Stephens

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Wednesday?s Excuse

It?s really not that hard to come up with an acceptable reason to miss work. You don?t have to go to extremes. Take the example of the man in Pasco, Washington who decided he didn?t want to go to work because of possible drug testing. Most people would come up with an excuse such as ?grandma died,? ?I have the flu?, or even ?I just feel under the weather.? In most instances, these work, but our hero in Pasco apparently just did not think that would be good enough. His solution was to have his friend shoot him in the shoulder and tell the police that he was the victim of a drive by shooting. Later he would admit to police this was all an effort to get time off of work to avoid an upcoming drug test.

Two things come to mind:

1. What was he thinking?
Anyone who would agree to shoot you so you can miss time from work is not someone you want to trust with a gun and any employee that would do something of this nature certainly gives the impression that their judgment is clouded by something.

2. This is my story and I?m sticking to it.

Like you mom used to tell you: ?Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we first begin to deceive.? Here our buddy will not only be missing time from work, he has been charged with false reporting and his friend is charged with reckless endangerment.

Nothing in this Blog should be considered legal advice or to form the basis of an attorney client relationship. Every legal matter can turn on specific facts. Nothing can substitute for the advice of a seasoned legal professional.

Full post as published by Employment Advisory on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).