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I need to get some advice please

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Crocja · 31/10/2026 15:49

I need to submit timesheets at the end of each month. These timesheets have hours and signed my me and the people I go to support.

I am usually prepared in time before the end of the month but this month, I am not. It's because I went into work on the 19th of October and I was till not giving a day off by Thursday of this week. I got ill yesterday and it was my first day off in about two weeks. I was exhausted.

Here I am now at the end of the month and I have papers to fill out.

I will need to go to a home or two to get some signatures or I won't get paid. This probably isn't an issue as such.

However I am anxious if I approach the other person they will catch me for me work and babysitting for tonight. It has happened before where I came back in holidays and I went to say hello and they used the opportunity to go out for dinner even though I wasn't scheduled and I was jetlagged and exhausted.

There is another thing. I could trace some signatures by holding it up to the light. That will free up my evening and where I won't be caught for work.

I have a huge backlog of stuff to do within my own home that has just been neglected for weeks because of my work that hardly lets me free.

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WitchesBritches · 31/10/2026 15:54

In future do them as you go.

the correct thing to do now is go & get their signatures & be very clear you are in a hurry & not available to work.

but I'd probably just fake the signatures if I'm honest. They're only time sheets, not passports.

GrapeBaby · 31/10/2026 16:12

Nobody can ‘catch you’ for babysitting if you say no.

Antoniana · 31/10/2026 19:23

Absolutely don’t fake signature. That’s fraudulent and could easily get you fired.

But also don’t do babysitting. Practice saying ‘sorry, I’m busy tonight’ out loud so you’re prepped.

MissingMeadow · 31/10/2026 19:25

Noone can make you babysit.

Just say no I'm too busy.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 31/10/2026 19:25

Do not fake any signatures and just tell whoever it is that you can't babysit tonight.
I mean, they can't make you, especially is you just leave.

ArtisticSwimmerinLaneOne · 31/10/2026 19:28

“No, I absolutely can’t, I have things to do, places to be, working to a deadline” - delivered at a fast pace and with a smile, turn and go.

RandomMess · 31/10/2026 19:32

Stand on the doorstep and refuse to go in as your next person is expecting you.

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