c/d: regularly calling out of work on yr birthday just because it's yr birthday

Am I wrong in thinking that this is intensely juvenile, especially if it's, like, on a Tuesday? Do people past their teens do this? I don't mean years where you happen to have something planned, but rather the mentality of "Oh, it's my birthday! I guess I'll call out, just 'cause."

gtfo.

Just ask for the day off like a normal human.

If you work in retail or food service, it's likely frowned upon. If you're just in a cubicle doin' office shit, though, nobody cares if you take your birthday off or not.

IMO PTO is PTO; if you have the time available, you should be able to take a day off for whatever reason you feel like

i always bail on my bday around happy hour

jesus christ mine is tomorrow. my bank acct is overdrafted and credit cards all maxed out and mother in law is dying and crohn's getting worse but at least I'm employed. And naw not calling out.

DJP otm, it's your time you can use it however the fuck you want

stevie do you mean people calling in sick or something? or using a vacation day?

totally agree about pto but i find ppl who get really into the actual date of their birthday kind of weird. like you can celebrate on a more convenient nearby date and it actually won't matter at all.

i think it is natural to avoid a place of death when you are celebrating your continued survival

you should go to a bar or something instead

I always take the day off for my birthday. Lie-in, pub lunch, ice cream...

I always take my birthday off if I have the PTO. To me it's about as depressing as having to work on Christmas. Even if I don't have plans, I take it off and at least sleep in!

I am pro-taking your birthday off. I have trouble finding time to have "me time" by myself so it's a good excuse to go see a movie, get lunch out somewhere, etc., without social or family obligations. But I book it off ahead of time, I don't call in sick or whatever.

And yeah it's arbitrary and I have occasionally taken other days off for similar purposes when I have lots of vacation time saved up but a birthday is a good excuse.

totally agree about pto but i find ppl who get really into the actual date of their birthday kind of weird. like you can celebrate on a more convenient nearby date and it actually won't matter at all.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:30 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM, also you can celebrate Christmas in August. Thanksgiving can be the entire month of February. Arbor Day was invented by the greeting card companies. St. Patrick's Day is a state of mind.

oh i'm sorry i didn't realize that your birthday was a national holiday

St. Patrick's Day is a state of mind.

lol i can actually seem some irish-american drunk college shithead wearing a t-shirt w/ this and partying all year long like it's good ol st. paddy's day

Since mine is between Christmas and New Year and my relatives happen to live far away I usually take the entire week off but hell yes I would take it off no matter when it was and I don't care if that's childish. It's my day! I've worked it a couple times and it sucked tbh. I am very pro birthdays and doing whatever the hell you want.

hi-five

with the exception of one hour that I had to log in a few years back to put out a fire, I have not worked on my birthday since I've been gainfully employed. I always use my PTO.

calling out sick, though, when you're not really sick, is never classic and always dud...cuz you leave your co-workers in a lurch. Whereas with PTO, they're expecting you to be out.

i've never done this but i'm bad at using up all my PTO for the year so i probably should

Sorry, I meant like ppl who don't have any banked PTO and didn't request off in advanced and are just like "Nope, not gonna come in bcz it's my BIRTHDAY!!!!", either in an office setting or retail or whatever

yeah obv that is total bs

I guess I just dgaf abt birthday but it's totally cool to like use it as an excuse to have a You Day! Just be smart abt it.

it doesn't matter, soon enough personal time off won't exist in the modern workplace, DOOMED

Everybody gets their birthday off where I work. Apparently this was done years ago as recompense when they took away some holiday (Good Friday, I think). And it's GREAT.

I'm always happy to work on Good Friday, just as a thumb in the eye of the theocracy.

I didn't know that people actually have birthdays

Whenever I have to work with someone and it's their actual birthday I find they have no interest in being there or doing any work anyway.

When I work on my birthday I think about how it's my birthday and just sort of go "Oh." maybe 3 or 4x throughout the day.

and then you cut yourself

any pretext your co-workers deem justifiable for a "sick" day should be taken advantage of. as long as they're fine with it, OF COURSE I am going to do it.

Had no idea this was a "thing"

i think it is natural to avoid a place of death when you are celebrating your continued survival

― j., Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the best post ever btw

that is true

I've done a few extra hours this week and they're giving me a half day in lieu. Which I am using to leave a couple of hours early on my birthday in a couple of weeks and come in a couple of hours late the next day. I guess it depends if I have anything planned on my birthday if I take time off or not. This year I do.