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Wwyd? Someone faking a pregnancy

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Steeley113 · 12/02/2018 14:09

So someone I work with has been saying they’re pregnant (in my line of work this means your placed straight on light duties). There was some confusion initially about dating and her saying she had a miscarriage then didn’t that was all a bit suspicious but no one said anything. She then stated last week she went for her 12 week scan and there was no baby to be found and she was to come back the next day for another scan. I messaged her on Facebook following the scan to ask how it went and she said great and sent me a picture of the ‘scan’. The scan had been pushed up to the top but had a date on of 2015. She has other children and I was a bit suspicious so I checked her previous Facebook photos and found it was the exact scan of her previous child.

I’m actually higher up then her in rank in our job and as she’s still asking for time off for appts and amended duties, I feel as though I should go to the manager with this but at the same time, it’s really non of my business. It will all come out eventually regardless but I see my other colleagues picking up the slack and feel quite bad that it’s all potentially made up? Would you go to the manager or just leave it? This girl has quite a rep for lying about things...

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Steeley113 · 13/02/2018 12:41

The daily fail? Ffs

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Aridane · 13/02/2018 12:48

Oh dear

user1483387154 · 13/02/2018 12:51

daily mirror too

Steeley113 · 13/02/2018 12:54

Clearly a slow news day Hmm

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Purplehammer · 13/02/2018 13:10

So by your desire to ingratiate yourself with your manager you have caused the possibility of a vulnerable woman being hounded by the media.
Any regrets?
Doubt it.

Steeley113 · 13/02/2018 13:11

@Purplehammer bore off 🙄

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Strokethefurrywall · 13/02/2018 13:27

Purplehammer - Eh? How on earth would this anonymous posting cause the media to hunt down a "vulnerable" woman?

Do you wear a tin foil hat too?

RingARingOfRosies · 13/02/2018 15:09

@Steeley113 yes here too! Although those are handheld medical notes so it would mean a manager was asking to see medical notes which I'm not sure about. It's a really tricky one. Obviously it's not up to you to worry about that, it's more I'm thinking out loud generally, not in your case, on how difficult a situation it is as it's such a sensitive topic with limited ways to prove without asking for personal medical notes. I imagine HR must have some sort of policy on it in most companies though.

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