So I'm in need of a "good out"..I need some input and advice from the community to get out of this situation I put my self in..Here it goes: So I get to work today and I'm all fired up because my boss is traveling and the two gals that share cubes next to me are going to a presentation that will last about 3 hours. The reason why I'm so excited? This gives me a great chance to sleep on the floor to work off my killer hangover. So I get in work at 8:15, of course 45 minutes late, still drunk, and start counting the minutes until Amy and Jen leave. I kinda feel like the dude in office space waiting for the day to end btw..Well, 9:30 comes and both are gone, so I get down to business, reach into my desk drawer and get my airplane pillow that i stole a month ago for these occasions and crawl up and hit the sack. Now, to make a long story short, the gals returned at 11am, way too early and saw my feet sticking out. They first thought something happened to me but then realized i was fast asleep!! The biggest problem was that apparently i was consistently passing mad gas the entire time and the room smelled like dumpster!! Well, I could hear them wispering as they left to get lunch about what a joke this office is..What should I do when they return? Take it head on or blow it off?
First off, you made a giant mistake about not being savvy enough about it. You've gotta plan this crap out. Get in a place where you can't be seen, so even when you wake up and people wonder where the hell you've been, you have an excuse you can formulate that's much better than "I was sleeping."
Your best bet is to....
1. Fake an illness. Say something like "I woke up feeling terrible. There's something going around (make up something here, like not feeling well since you were in the locker room @ the gym a few days ago) and I haven't been feeling great. But I figured it was better to at least come in and "tough it out" than just call in sick altogether. Even sick I can get more work done than not showing up at all.
2. Face it head on. Apologize, don't be overly complimentary like "I like that blouse, Amy...is that Goodwill?" Hiding it will just leave them angrier @ you. Women like to lie, sneak around, and hide things...yet they expect men to be up front. Since they have the power, just go by their rules.
3. Milk it. Scratchy voice, you probably already look like dookie, sniff a bit, basically be a good actor. It's not that tough. It won't completely absolve you from what happened, but it's better than just sitting there on your thumbs acting like you hope they didn't notice b/c you do it all the time.
4. Next time, think about where you're gonna sleep before you do it. I'm not saying go all George Costanza, but yeah....copy room on a shelf behind boxes, maybe?
Good plan. You're right. I gotta face it head on and go with the sick story. Maybe they'll buy it. When they return I'll give them some bs and see if it sticks.
So I let the broads know that I tied one on last night and was up at 5 gettn sick..told them that i had to make it in cuz i had reports (similar to the TPS)to finish. They loved it! Btw, Amy is hotter than lightning..
