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With remote working still largely in place across the UK, the recent bout of freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions likely caused less disruption to the workforce than it would have in previous years. Yet for one worker, the wintery weather presented the ideal excuse to take a Ferris Buller-style ‘day off’. However, unlike the plucky protagonist, a careless error caught her out – according to reports by the Daily Star. Electrician Roberta Clark, from Drumchapel in Scotland, told her boss that the spell of bad weather the UK experienced last week had rendered her unable to come into work. Read more What should be HR’s stance? However, upon accepting Clark’s excuse, her boss received a photo message appearing to show the ‘snowed in’ worker enjoying a bottle of champagne. The text, which contained the message ‘Dare me to pop it?’ along with an image of a champagne bottle chilling in an ice bucket, was received only moments after the worker stated she was unable to leave her home. Upon realising her mistake, Clark confessed that instead of being stuck at home, she had actually left to attend a baby gender reveal party for a friend. “I’m so sorry I meant
