When in doubt, call in sick

One fine day, you wake up to find that it’s a beautiful day: the kind not to be spent inside the confines of an air-conditioned cubbyhole called The Office, but a day to be spent gossiping with a pal, catching a movie while munching pop corn, or browsing through books in Crossword or better still trying to finish a book there over a chilled cappuccino, or just window-shopping in one of the malls in the city.

On such days, all I do is pick up the phone and call my boss to say that I am feeling sick and won’t be coming in (Tip: If you want to plead sore throat or sound feverish, call your boss as soon as you wake up with that husky voice. For special effects, you may try coughing or clearing your throat). If you are saving up all your sick leaves for when you do fall sick, trust me, at this rate you’ll need all of them and more! So get a life, call in sick, and chill maadi!

Only remember that a liar should have a good memory. So on the next day when your colleague asks how you are doing, tell them that you have been better (of course you are not lying).

Trust me, you feel so rejuvenated and feel the same adrenaline rush like when you bunked those most-important classes. Ah! The joy of playing truant in your adult life has the same thrill value!