As a professional crewing person I have personally taken hundreds of calls from crew citing a variety of excuses for not reporting for duty from the common cold to 3 classics.
1....Crewmember..... "I am upstairs in my bedroom, and I think there is a burglar downstairs"
Me "well call the police then" !!!! she did and the police caught the intruder.
2...Cremember...."I think I'm pregnant".
Me "well go and see your doctor then"...she did, and she was.
3...Crewmember...."I have run out of petrol on the way to the airport"
Me, no standbys, so I jumped in my car and picked her up.
I look at it this way......without crew I wouldn't have a job!!!!!!So keep reporting sick and make my life as miserable as possible.
Thankyou