Foney Fridays: Calling in Blind; I Can’t See Coming in Today
filed in humor, original writing, satire on Nov.14, 2008
EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Dear Employee,
At Corporate, we’re concerned that many employees are taking advantage of the company’s lax policies regarding personal time off (PTO). It seems that at the merest hint of a bug “going around,” half the office is empty. To that end, we’ve decided to rename PTO to PAOFITO, which translates to “Pretending and/or Feeling Ill Time Off.” We feel this better captures the spirit of what you people are doing.
Please remember to put a PAOFITO appointment on your Outlook calendar when you’re pretending to be and/or feeling ill. Planning ahead makes for easier coverage of your critical tasks. Don’t worry, the company will go on just fine without you.
As always, employees are encouraged to maintain their health and take as few sick days as possible. Of course, employees who do manage to stay well will not be compensated in any way. But the company thanks them.
Source: O.Handwasher
November 14th, 2008 on 1:18 pm
Excellent! Of course, it begs the question - did you write this from work or home?? =)
November 14th, 2008 on 2:10 pm
I can’t reveal that kind of information…