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Boss, Won’t Be in Today…Check My Selfie

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getty 100814 sickselfie?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412767621673iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — During the golden days of calling in sick to work, employees might feign sounding miserable over the phone in hopes that the boss might buy their excuse.

However, in this new age of instant visual communication, some people aren’t above posting a photo of their sick selves with the Twitter hashtag #sickieselfie.

The coupon site vouchercloud conducted a survey of 2,300 people ages 18 to 45 and discovered about half actually uploaded a selfie of themselves pretending to be under the weather with 41 percent of the snapshots taken at home.

Of course, calling in sick isn’t the only reason why folks post sick selfies. Fifteen percent said they did it to win sympathy from friends and loved ones while nine percent claim it was purely for the attention.


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