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Margaret103 · 2022-01-24T13:10:03+00:00

A colleague told me they took day off work to go on a coach trip. Aibu to think I should tell our manager?

ChargingBuck · 24/01/2022 14:40

@Haveyoubrushedyourteethtoday

A coach trip? Like a bus? Who willingly spends hours on a bus?

You know all those buses & coaches you see on the road, with people in them, @Haveyoubrushedyourteethtoday?

Those people. Hundreds of thousands of them.
Get over yourself, snob!

AR77 · 24/01/2022 14:41

No-one likes a grass. Not even your boss.

StopStartStop · 24/01/2022 14:42

OP, no, not your business.

Life is what matters. Work is less important.

AcrossthePond55 · 24/01/2022 14:43

Seriously? Just file it away in the 'she owes me' file and remember it when you want a day off. Then take that day off and don't worry about her workload. Just keep your mouth shut when you do.

I worked in an 8 person 'unit' in the public sector, we had clients scheduled all day plus the paperwork they generated. We all took the occasional 'mental health day' for one reason or another and yes it generated more work for the rest of us. But what went around came around and we all kept schtum and 'covered' because we knew the others would do the same for us.

Unless this person would 'tattle' on you, then zip it.

FAQs · 24/01/2022 14:44

She owes you a nice bottle of wine 🍷

Myturnatlast · 24/01/2022 14:45

Surely you'd have had to cover for her if she'd booked it off through the proper channels though? So what difference does it make to you?

ChargingBuck · 24/01/2022 14:45

@AR77

No-one likes a grass. Not even your boss.

Quite.

Your boss's first thought will be "why are you giving me a pain in the arse, instead of sorting it out with your colleague like a grown up?"

However, as OP hasn't popped back to enlighten us as to whether this was A/L or a sickie, I'm guessing she's not getting the colleague-hate responses she hoped for, so won't return ...

czycoup · 24/01/2022 14:45

If it's a one off I wouldn't tell, but I might make a comment like "thanks for leaving me to do your work" but worded better just so they know it directly impacted you

GrapefruitPink · 24/01/2022 14:46

Nah I wouldn't say anything tbh.

Gonnagetgoing · 24/01/2022 14:46

Actually everyone here who says 'yeah just keep it and file it away...'.

It depends how much the CF (because that is what I'd call her) does this. Is it a one off and OP can call in the favour?

If it's a repeat offence and OP's job is such that she's expected to cover CF coach trip 'day's off' then I'd dob her in.

Also - is it 'sick' so supposed to be sick leave. Or is it 'holiday' which she's sneakily added an extra day's leave to her holiday entitlement?

housemaus · 24/01/2022 14:46

YABU. Mind your own business.

Gonnagetgoing · 24/01/2022 14:47

@AcrossthePond55

Seriously? Just file it away in the 'she owes me' file and remember it when you want a day off. Then take that day off and don't worry about her workload. Just keep your mouth shut when you do.

I worked in an 8 person 'unit' in the public sector, we had clients scheduled all day plus the paperwork they generated. We all took the occasional 'mental health day' for one reason or another and yes it generated more work for the rest of us. But what went around came around and we all kept schtum and 'covered' because we knew the others would do the same for us.

Unless this person would 'tattle' on you, then zip it.

@AcrossthePond55 - but it depends if CF coach trip does actually cover for OP? If she does great but she might not cover.

But agreed - the occasional 'mental health day' where others cover is great as long as it works and is reciprocated.

cavalierkingc · 24/01/2022 14:48

its one day off, let them enjoy it.

Cantleave · 24/01/2022 14:53

Your manager probably wouldn’t do anything anyway if you told them.

I was called in to work, at late notice to cover a NS, as colleague phoned in sick. Said colleague was at a concert and was seen out on the town, when her group joined up with another group (which my dd and her friends were in). I reported it to management and was basically told (by manager) that it was none of my business!

It did backfire on manager, when colleague phoned in sick at 6am Christmas morning and everyone refused to cover the shift. Manager told person on shift that they would just have to stay on after the NS and cover shift herself (would have meant an 18 hour shift, then off for 6 hours before back in on NS)! The colleague phoned up Manager’s boss, who then contacted manager who then had to come in and do shift herself!

Youngstreet · 24/01/2022 14:53

I wouldn't.
Tbh managers often know exactly what's going on.

BUT for all those saying myob, the colleague, if she was fit to work, essentially stole a day's pay.
So myob to someone stealing seems to be the message on here.

godmum56 · 24/01/2022 14:54

@ChargingBuck

"gloating knobbery" made my day *@godmum56*. Ta!

you are welcome!

EveningOverRooftops · 24/01/2022 15:01

I’d be loudly asking what they did on their day trip and how amazing it was to see/do x y and Z and how I really need a day off after having to do the jobs of two people.

thisplaceisweird · 24/01/2022 15:03

@AR77

No-one likes a grass. Not even your boss.

This.

If someone in my team did this I would roll my eyes. I don't care. If they needed a day, let them have a day. If they keep taking the piss, it'll be obvious. If they come back and do their job, I don't care.

Do you want your work place to be so totalitarian? Or would you prefer people to cut each other a bit of slack?

Streetsigntonowhere · 24/01/2022 15:04

@2022success

You really didn't have to do two people's work. You should have just done your own, at your usual pace.

As a manager, if someone came to me and reported a colleague like this, I would think very poorly of them. Possibly even more poorly than of the person who had skived off to be honest.

Nobody likes a grass OP.

All of this. OP you sounds bitter and agree MYOB

Streetsigntonowhere · 24/01/2022 15:07

@Youngstreet

I wouldn't. Tbh managers often know exactly what's going on.

BUT for all those saying myob, the colleague, if she was fit to work, essentially stole a day's pay.
So myob to someone stealing seems to be the message on here.

LOL yeah. We all think you should let others steal. What a knob comment! Tbh you and OP will probably get on like a house on fire

Joystir59 · 24/01/2022 15:10

MYOB. Not good to snitch on a colleague imo

RunningInTheWind · 24/01/2022 15:19

I “bunked off” work and flew to another country to meet a lover. Sat in departures I looked across the aisle and made eye contact with a colleague… who’d been in the same city for work.

He thought it was hilarious.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 24/01/2022 15:27

Whether or not your colleague "pulled a sickie" or booked the day as annual leave, presumably the effect would have been the same.

Mind your own damn business. You never know, there might come a time when you'll be wanting this colleague to keep their mouth shut on your behalf...

ddl1 · 24/01/2022 15:34

Unless it happens frequently, which doesn't seem to be the case, no, I wouldn't report to your boss. That would be mean.

I might tell the colleague directly that I wasn't too happy about them taking days off like that, as someone, e.g. you, has to take up the slack.

On a broader level: do you have to take up the workload of any colleague who's away? Even if they're on annual leave/ ill/ self-isolating? This doesn't sound ideal at all.

Dotty808 · 24/01/2022 15:40

That's an awful thing to do. Honestly keep your nose out