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Pregnancy Sick Note
Man Fined
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In further gender-confusion news,
after the North Dakota hunter who shot a transgendered deer,
come reports that a South African man has been fined for trying
to claim a week off work by telling his bosses he was pregnant.
27-year-old Charles Sibindana was found guilty at a magistrates
court in Vereeniging, near Johannesburg, of using a forged
gynaecologist's note to try to persuade his employers to give
him time off work. The note said that he was pregnant, and
therefore needed a week off.
Sibindana stole the gynaecologist's certificate while his
girlfriend – who really is pregnant – was at the clinic getting
a check-up. He added his own name and details to the
certificate, and submitted it to his company.
Reports suggest that he was
unaware that only women are treated by gynaecologists.
He was caught when his eagle-eyed bosses became suspicious about
a male employee taking time off for a week-long pregnancy.
Magistrate Bruno Van Eeden, fining him 1000 rand (just under
£72), warned Mr Sibindana 'not to walk around faking sick
letters from gynaecologists.' A warning that Metro is more than
happy to pass on to any of our male readers looking to throw a
sicky in the near future.
Found at:
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=27014&in_page_id=2
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