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Man injures himself to avoid work

August 20, 2009

The BBC is running a story about a hotel cleaner in Aberdeen who attacked himself with a boulder and a razor to avoid going to work.

Steven Reid was on is way to work one day and just fancied a day off. Rather than phone in sick or fake a family tragedy like the rest of us would do, he cut his face repeatedly with a razor blade and picked up a boulder and hit himself on the head and body.

He then went to the police and claimed he had been beaten up. Reid blamed "family issues" for the extreme act and said: "Looking back, I should have just phoned work and asked them for the day off."

Great quote, sums it all up really. He's now been fined £100 quid for wasting police time. Silly boy.


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Posted for your edification by Guru on August 20, 2009 11:05 AM |

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