+Capt Prozac Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Just wondering how many others have missed work due to geocaching? I hit a geocache in California on a business trip. Didn't realize the place was carpeted in poison oak. I now have a rash all over my face, hands and arms. I can't shave so I ended up calling in sick all week (job entails me to be clean shaven). Anyone else lose work due to geocaching? Btw, didn't find the cache either. . . Suffering in NJ Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Our second year, Still newbies, I got caught up in a FTF frenzy and ate up 72 hours of my "personal leave" time to run. If I used the last 8, I would have been canned ! Actually got frustrated the last two months when I realized I couldn't hit 'em. No longer got "the bug". Now if we're lucky enough to be OFF when a new cache comes out, we go for it. Quote Link to comment
+iminwv Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have called in sick when the weather was too nice to be inside and went geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+theosus Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have called in sick when the weather was too nice to be inside and went geocaching. Never MISSED work. I have actually done a couple of local caches while AT work. The only time I got caught - I went in early, and parked outside a fence (cache was inside private property - but property owners allow it. Only problem is the gate is only open from 9-6). I walked the quarter mile to the cache, found it, and was on the way out when the boss called me. It seems my car was found by the property owner - who was also coming in early, and he was scared something bad had happened. My car at the time was very easily recognized as belonging to employer. He asked me later what I was doing, and I said I was out for an early morning walk before work. Quote Link to comment
+ghettomedic Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I have done them AT work before, but then again my job often has time to do such. Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Miss work... No (Unless you count time reading forums) Left work early for an FTF.... Perhaps, perhaps... Quote Link to comment
+king-of-halloween Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I work at a hospitial and have used the excuse of not working a full day on more than one occasion of stating I had a Drs appointment with a new Dr. Dr Cache!!!! Works everytime. They eat it up that you are trying to stay healthy Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I've jumped up and said, "I'll be back!" and zoomed out for a FTF a few times. As for the poison oak - I've worked with it on my face, neck, arms, and in a "special place" but it hasn't kept me from working.I've worked with only a few hours of sleep due to caching. I've cached while travelling on the job. I've gone caching when I was so sick I had taken the day off work. I could barely get around at all but still went for a FTF. I hiked in half a mile and then had to lie down on the ground for a good 20 minutes before I was able to get up and hike back to the truck. I'm better now. Really. I have it under control........... Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Well... I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob. Quote Link to comment
+ghettomedic Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Well... I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob. They took my stapler, if they move my desk again I'm going to set the building on fire Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Well... I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob. They took my stapler, if they move my desk again I'm going to set the building on fire Quote Link to comment
+kyoteh Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Uhhh.. yeah. Guilty! Though initially I was going to go to work anyways but the doctor and my BF convinced me to accept the doctor's note for a week off after I badly injured my ankle caching. Not only missed a full week but ended up part time for awhile before I could work a full day! Wouldn't have been so bad if getting in and out of the truck was easier! Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Yes.. in the years before I retired I had lots of banked sick days that needed to be used. Quote Link to comment
+Big*Sister Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Just wondering how many others have missed work due to geocaching? I hit a geocache in California on a business trip. Didn't realize the place was carpeted in poison oak. I now have a rash all over my face, hands and arms. I can't shave so I ended up calling in sick all week (job entails me to be clean shaven). Anyone else lose work due to geocaching? Btw, didn't find the cache either. . . Suffering in NJ Quote Link to comment
+Big*Sister Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Not really missed, but a funny thing happened at lunch.... I work on the beautiful Island of Coronado, California. It is located in San Diego Bay. One day I went looking for a cache in a park on my lunch break. I was in a business suit and the cache was out in the breakwater on rocks. I wore sandals that day and no hose (San Diego Rocks) So I took off my shoes and began looking. Think of how funny I looked in a suit walking around bare foot on the rocks. Not as funny as went I slipped on a rock and ended up in the bay!! I couldn't go home because I had to meet a guy after lunch. So I went back with my clothes and hair soaking wet. The receptionist decided I needed intervention!! Quote Link to comment
+NativeMainer Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I've never missed work, but I was late once or twice. I went out early to find a cache and foolishly enough, didn't mark my starting point in my GPS, so I got a little turned around getting back to my car. D'oh!!! Quote Link to comment
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