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

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

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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.