I have thrown a sickie a few times over the years but only for Charlton and sometimes they have been pre-meditated sickies. I have yet to be caught so far.
Threw a few sickies for Charlton whilst in a previous job,they knew where i was as it was no secret who i supported but apart from a few quiet words nothing ever happened.
There was a young man at Chesterfield away in the cup a few seasons back now. he had a scarf wrapped around this mouth and head to cover his face... with the loudest voice i had ever heard - after Buckshees/Riscardo. I thought he was a right wrong un to be covered up like that. he later told me it was because he was supposed to be working.
Used to have a Saturday morning job in Sainsburys when I was 17. 97/98 promotion season I wanted to go to the Swindon away match (won 1 nil, it chucked it down, Steve Jones scored), so told my employer I had to attend a funeral. Got away with it.
Couple of blokes from my school bunked off to go to the midweek FA Cup game at Anfield in the mid 90's. Kim Grant scored a beauty right at the end and the Match of The Day cameras zoomed in specifically on these two lads celebrating the goal. Over 5000 Addicks there that night, so pretty unfortunate to get picked out!
I regularly leave early to go to games last week for instance I knocked off about 3 to go to MK Dons. I work with the company director and we have an unspoken understanding about leaving early every now and then, that's just how we roll.
Back I'm about 91 at upton park we drew with Sheff U in the cup and the replay was for the Tuesday. Had worked it well up to the for a couple of midweek aways, but on the Monday morning the headmaster walked into our lesson and said "sorry to interupt Mrs W, but just wanted to inform Smith and Nunn there will be no dentist, doctors or dogs dying on Tuesday afternoon"
I got caught at a Test match at Lords,camera panned in me and mate at the Nursery End.I was in complete oblivion to this when i reported back to work the following day when the Gaffer said "Oi c****,next time you have an awayday for the effing cricket keep out of sight of the cameras!" Lucky he was a good gaffer! I think this is the sort of thing that started fancy dress at sports events.
Not a sporting event, but I called in sick from Glastonbury in about 1983. I had to queue up for ages to use the public phones, by the time I got to the phone Joe Cocker was belting out some number, fortunately I had waited until the night shift were on to take the message (who basically didn't care) particularly as at about that time I realised that I had put off using the toilets long enough a quickly ended the call.
There was a young man at Chesterfield away in the cup a few seasons back now. he had a scarf wrapped around this mouth and head to cover his face... with the loudest voice i had ever heard - after Buckshees/Riscardo. I thought he was a right wrong un to be covered up like that. he later told me it was because he was supposed to be working.
There was a young man at Chesterfield away in the cup a few seasons back now. he had a scarf wrapped around this mouth and head to cover his face... with the loudest voice i had ever heard - after Buckshees/Riscardo. I thought he was a right wrong un to be covered up like that. he later told me it was because he was supposed to be working.
Late eighties liverpool away midweek think we lost 3-2 souple of cracking goals tho walshie and crooks at a guess Took a sickie when I worked in the bank and the next day the assistant manager asked me if I enjoyed anfield to which I replied "I wished" and give him the wink , he knew I knew , no problem , probably the only sick day I had off in 2 years there
I invented a funeral up north so I could spend a couple of days visiting my mate at Nottingham UNi as we had midweek game against County.
Drew 2-2, coldest game ever (even colder than the cup defeat to Walsall at Selhurst) and there were about 50 of us there.
Balmer O/G ?
I was there,
I cant remember the goals but it was halloween and I know it was nil nil at half time, they scored straight away, we equalised straight away, then they scored at the end and we equalised straight away again.
Never thrown a sickie, like Smudge I got told that I couldn't have day off for the Sheff Utd replay in the cup.
Closest thing to being in trouble at work was Charlton related. It was all down to Clubcall - 0898 12 11 46.
I used to ring it from work thinking that they didn't have itemised billing on the old dial phones, they did.
I was was hauled over the coals. You see it was easy to spot who it was. I was the only Charlton fan.
Classic. Did exactly the same thing at home in 1987! My brother and I used to ring that thing at least twice per day, we had no idea it was so expensive until the phone bill came in.....
When the bill arrived it was massive and we were bang to rights and got grounded and missed the Derby home game, the one after the Great Storm as punishment, it turned out all right as we lost 1-0 anyway!
When i was a Charge Hard at Deptford Power Station 2 weekends out of 4 i was working --id go in early, work lunch and leave at 3PM. Had a season ticket use to get to The Valley before half time (old Div 3 days). One day for what ever reason a Foreman bubbled me, lost my Charge Hands role. As i sat in the hearing looking at this guy i was thinking about a week earlier when i loaded his car up with electrical power sockets (2nds ha ha ha) but i didnt say naff all-he was the "Berty Smalls" not me.
Cost me a packet of dosh that did and was a knock back on my first rung of the management ladder.
Back in the 90's, i used to work on the Maritime ind est on Woolwich road. Saturday was rota based and it was my turn to work but as we were at home that day, I pulled a sickie. After the game I was sitting in my car in the traffic on Woolwich road. As I passed the entrance for the ind est, my boss was sitting at the junction waiting to pull out. He clocked me and pulled me into his office on monday morning. I was expecting a formal warning or worse but he said he understood and asked me for a fixture list. He Made sure I was never working on a home matchday again.
Not Charlton related bur when England played Greece and Beckham got "that" goal.. I worked at NTL back then in Lewisham and me and this other guy had an "extended lunch" as othwerwise we would have missed most of the 2nd half. We asked this girl to cover us (for a bribe of course) and she gladly did... and after the hour she changed our phone codes to indicate our lunch was over but answered our phones for us..... So glad we didn't miss the 2nd half for obvious reasons
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Threw a few sickies for Charlton whilst in a previous job,they knew where i was as it was no secret who i supported but apart from a few quiet words nothing ever happened.
Used to have a Saturday morning job in Sainsburys when I was 17. 97/98 promotion season I wanted to go to the Swindon away match (won 1 nil, it chucked it down, Steve Jones scored), so told my employer I had to attend a funeral. Got away with it.
Couple of blokes from my school bunked off to go to the midweek FA Cup game at Anfield in the mid 90's. Kim Grant scored a beauty right at the end and the Match of The Day cameras zoomed in specifically on these two lads celebrating the goal. Over 5000 Addicks there that night, so pretty unfortunate to get picked out!
I invented a funeral up north so I could spend a couple of days visiting my mate at Nottingham UNi as we had midweek game against County.
Drew 2-2, coldest game ever (even colder than the cup defeat to Walsall at Selhurst) and there were about 50 of us there.
Rumbled.
Took a sickie when I worked in the bank and the next day the assistant manager asked me if I enjoyed anfield to which I replied "I wished" and give him the wink , he knew I knew , no problem , probably the only sick day I had off in 2 years there
Classic. Did exactly the same thing at home in 1987! My brother and I used to ring that thing at least twice per day, we had no idea it was so expensive until the phone bill came in.....
When the bill arrived it was massive and we were bang to rights and got grounded and missed the Derby home game, the one after the Great Storm as punishment, it turned out all right as we lost 1-0 anyway!
Top bloke!
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