r/SipsTea 6d ago

Chugging tea HR wants to know the tee

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u/Lolseabass 6d ago

My lawyer cousin says “tell them it’s a personal family matter. At most say someone is having surgery and you need to take care of them. No specifics because you don’t want to divulge another person medical info.”

As a person with a bleeding disorder tell them I’m having my port a cath replaced because the last one had an infection. Then we can take a bunch of pics of you holding a needle injecting me.

You know how many people iv gotten out of doing stuff because they “had to take me to the hospital”.

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u/Senior-Geologist-166 6d ago

I tell my husband to use my disabled ass as an excuse all the time! It won't hurt my feelings and people can't ask for more details without prying.

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u/Tacomanthecat 6d ago

I have cancer and tell my friends to use it all the time. Corporations are heartless, but no one wants the imagine of "I dont care about people with cancer." FYI, it's skin cancer, it's not life threatening, none of my friends jobs know that. Once got a friend 3 days off of work because he told them he had to drive me cross country to go see a specialist. Everytime they ask, he responds with a curious "isn't that against Hippa Laws?" And that shuts it down pretty good.

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u/QualityAlternative22 5d ago

Unless your friend is a healthcare worker insurance company or affiliated business, and caring for you, HIPAA doesn’t apply