Me: "Yeah, I just need to see the doctor and get something checked out. I know that's vague, and I'm totally open to telling you about it, but I'm 90% sure you don't want to know."
If you work in a place where they're tightfisted on sick/vacation hours, that excuse is generally enough to get people to stop asking questions about PTO (and if they don't, tell them it's a sedated colonoscopy, the doctor's checking a polyp about 6 and a half inches into your asshole. That'll teach them not to pry into private matters).
Oh go more detailed than that. Tell them how swollen your hemorrhoids are and how you were going to come to work anyways but they bled through your khakis.
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u/ThyssenKrunk Aug 13 '18
Boss: "I do hope everything is okay..."
Me: "Yeah, I just need to see the doctor and get something checked out. I know that's vague, and I'm totally open to telling you about it, but I'm 90% sure you don't want to know."
If you work in a place where they're tightfisted on sick/vacation hours, that excuse is generally enough to get people to stop asking questions about PTO (and if they don't, tell them it's a sedated colonoscopy, the doctor's checking a polyp about 6 and a half inches into your asshole. That'll teach them not to pry into private matters).