If you found a body, would you take off of work?

[bighead384]

Still, it depends on the state of the body. A junkie that OD'd can't compare to a child or teenager who got ran over by a truck.

Well, hopefully I've narrowed it down enough to make it answerable. What you've said is close to a complete answer, although it doesn't include what you'd do in the aforementioned situations.

[MOTO13]

Well, hopefully I've narrowed it down enough to make it answerable....

Take the day off from work? I dunno. That's a tough question because I like working.

Hmmmm, is it a female body and is the body still warm?

[Alison]

Really depends, I think.

If they were relatively 'normal' looking, then probably not. But if it was some mutilated body, then I'm not sure.

[RageAndLov]

I have no work to take a day off from. Come all dead bodies, I have nothing to fear!

[bighead384]

Take the day off from work? I dunno. That's a tough question because I like working.

lol conservative

Hmmmm, is it a female body and is the body still warm?

Creepy.

Personally, I would take the day off. Between the shock of the discovery, and the questioning process that law enforcement would conduct on me probably being exhausting, I could make a decent case for a day off. But whether I would truly NEED a day off or not? I'm not sure.

[the_real_potomek]

Hmm, I've read a couple of criminal books lately so when you write 'found a body', I imagine a body of someone who died in some very unnatural conditions, all covered with blood, showing signs of some unbelievable violence and with some parts missing. So I think finding such a body would be quite shocking and I might not be able to go to work then.
But when you find a body, aren't you supposed to do something about it, call the police and tell them about the circumstances in which you found it? Wouldn't it take enough time to make you skip a work day anyway?

[MOTO13]

Hmm, I've read a couple of criminal books lately so when you write 'found a body', I imagine a body of someone who died in some very unnatural conditions, all covered with blood, showing signs of some unbelievable violence and with some parts missing. So I think finding such a body would be quite shocking and I might not be able to go to work then.
But when you find a body, aren't you supposed to do something about it, call the police and tell them about the circumstances in which you found it? Wouldn't it take enough time to make you skip a work day anyway?

Nah...call it in anonymously. Then get to work.

[Little_Miss_1565]

Nah...call it in anonymously. Then get to work.

Pretty sure you'd end up at the top of the suspect list that way though.

[KickHimWhenHe'sDown]

I have to ask, how old are you?

She still hasn't answered. I confessed my age. Someone else's turn.

Nah...call it in anonymously. Then get to work.

Pretty sure you'd end up at the top of the suspect list that way though.

Do it from a payphone in a very sinister voice with an evil laugh at the end. That could be exciting.

[Llamas]

She still hasn't answered. I confessed my age. Someone else's turn.

I'm guessing it's a lot higher than she's willing to admit :P I'd accept anything up to and including 21... mayyyybe 22.


I guess if it was something that was emotionally detrimental to me, I'd cancel my lessons - more for the sake of my clients. It's a waste of their money if they get a lesson from me when I'm not 100%. This is similar to why I don't teach before 11am - I'm a night owl, and I'm not 100% in the morning. Also why my students prefer if we cancel a lesson when either they are or I am sick.

If I showed up to teach and was visibly unfocused and upset, the lesson would be less than it's worth. I guess this really depends on the kind of work someone does, but in some fields, it's shocking that bosses still want people to show up while sick or during a really bad time when the person can't give 100% for what they're being paid.