Originally Posted by np3
Well, I think differently about this. I would simply request the day off. I'm sure the company offers Personal Necessity Days. Explain that you wish your boss well but would like the day off for personal reasons. To "fib" about an illness will always come back and bite you. If they say no, then it just wasn't meant to be.
I agree that this would be the best. I am a stickler about honesty being the best policy. And I owuld never say I was sick when I wasn't! That is just asking to be sick. :thumbup: