Someone off sick and accepted Facebook friend request?

[MagicSweets]

Would this seem odd to you?

Hang on... or was the person they friended the same one who did the ringing in?

Cos that would be weird

NO!

If her job is Facebook friend request accepted then yanbu

Some people will only accept being off sick if you're incapable of doing anything except lie in bed. Those are often the people who bring their d&v or tonsillitis to work and give it to other people so tonnes of people eventually end up being off instead of one

Are you ill person OP and someone has had a go at you?

If I'm lying in bed ill, no TV in the bedroom, my smartphone is my only entertainment. YABU.

Unless they are supposed to be in a coma then I don't see a problem

I don't see a problem going on FB when you are ill in bed.

You can set phone to update you. So a sick person in bed phone pings and you can accept at click of a button. Especially if the request is off your boss. Since you know this person is off sick and who phoned my money is on boss or at least nosy colleague. Either way you sent request to snoop on sick person? And now made they accepted? Yabu and a bit creepy.

Mad not made

I’ll and miserable?

Watch tv - fine.

Stare at your phone, push the odd button - burn the fucker, they’re faking it!!!

Do you have to be absolutely comatose/incapacitated to be off sick? If not then of course someone can friend you back on Facebook whilst still being too ill for work! One takes a second using one thumb, whereas a working day requires hours of work and a commute?!

Also admit it OP you are manager/workmate and you friended them just to ‘catch them out?’

I've got glands the size of golf balls under my neck today and it feels like i've swallowed a cheese grater. I can't speak but i can type :)

What part is it seems odd to you

I was off work sick recently. I was in hospital. I couldn't contact work to report sick initially so someone else did it for me. I was able to go on fb though

If her job is Facebook friend request accepted then yanbu

Some poor, misguided, narrow minded people are of the opinion you can only be off sick if you are confined to your darkened bedroom with zero stimulus, hidden from the outside world lest you be accused of lying about your capability of working.

what else are you supposed to do when you are in bed sick than going on social media and watching crap tv? I was on FB whilst waiting for surgery, just taking my mind off things.

Tonsillitis or strep throat etc could mean they can’t speak on the phone ... capable of moving a finger on a phone though ... what an odd question.

Called in sick? Or called in dead?

O this did make me laugh @MissMaryOfSweden. And on a day when I needed it!

An aunt of mine was terminally ill and tweeting earlier in the day she died. She was quite literally at death's door but still managing to update social media. So it doesn't seem at all unbelievable to me that someone with, say, flu, would accept a fb request.

This is why people feel obliged to put on the ‘i’m so weak I’m almost dying’ voice when they phone in sick. Just don’t, please.

I can be ill with something that would be ridiculous to risk spreading around the office, doesn’t mean I talk like I’m on the verge of death.

Is there a rule that if you're off sick you can't accept Facebook requests. Like you have to prove you're in full health or something

If not, then it's you who is being odd.

Can you expand a little OP ?

When I was still working,I got the impression from my boss and colleagues that if you phoned in sick,you were expected to lie motionless in bed,just staring at the ceiling. Their opinion was that if you were able to hold a phone or a tablet/iPad,you were well enough to go in to work. Ridiculous.

You can stare at your phone whilst laid down sideways in bed not much else to do if your bedbound and ill

I'd say people off sick are probably nervous more likely that others to be on Fb, not weird at all!