Eh, go to your HR department and complain if they want to know why you took a sick day. That is privileged information. Raise a stink so you don't have to lie. Or read your handbook. It should have the code you need to use in there without lying. Just use the code. Something like, "I do not feel well enough to come into work today." Like when you go to an AA meeting, the code to entry is "My name is bob and I have a desire not to drink today." You shouldn't have to get overly personal.
I lie sometimes, I suppose. I'm very Italian about it though, and don't ever say words that will haunt me later. A little like a politician that answers a different question than was asked.
And getting lied to never bothers me much. You learn so much about someone when they lie. You might learn that they use words like a tool, trying to pick a lock, and aren't concerned with how the construction of those words could hurt anyone but themselves.
But then reputation is like fine China. Easily broken, quite difficult to mend. Being able to separate the cracked from the priceless can be quite worth it, to the observer, in sorting out what role others should have in our lives.
I lie sometimes, I suppose. I'm very Italian about it though, and don't ever say words that will haunt me later. A little like a politician that answers a different question than was asked.
And getting lied to never bothers me much. You learn so much about someone when they lie. You might learn that they use words like a tool, trying to pick a lock, and aren't concerned with how the construction of those words could hurt anyone but themselves.
But then reputation is like fine China. Easily broken, quite difficult to mend. Being able to separate the cracked from the priceless can be quite worth it, to the observer, in sorting out what role others should have in our lives.
