Where do you draw the line...

GO SURF! Work will still be there when you're done, but don't think about it at all while in the water, best to not feel guilty about it either.

 

forecast says dirty jerzy is gonna be really good tomorrow... and hollow... so.

 

No set line for me. Sometimes, you just need to surf - I've called in to go surf thigh-high waves on a log.

 

If you have plenty of PTO, DO IT!


I'm generally glad my work doesn't abide by the traditional 9-5 since I can pretty much surf whenever I want. The down side is sometimes, like last week and this week, I see nothing but work.

 

Am I not seeing something? It looks like it's going to be waist high in Jersey tomorrow. It'll be fun at the right tide and spot, but I don't think it's a "bang in" day.

 

I called in Sick 2 Fridays ago for a Victory at Sea Day and just sat and looked at the water. It was still better than work. If you don't abuse it, your bosses, 99% of the time, will let it slide.

 

as a manager i would say take the day if you have PTO thats what its there for. you won't be any use anyway since all you will have on your mind is how you're missing it.
As a surfer i try to only play hooky for solid chest high and bigger ground swells. anything else i'll get a session in the morning or evening and still get a days work in. I save the time for September through November. can't you do a half day?

 

I think a more appropriate question is what is the line during each season. I'm sure stomach high and clean during late July is a far different call from stomach high and clean in mid may

 

its a half day at most kinda swell. get there at dawn surf a few hours get a sandwich and drive back. do you have to be dishonest with your boss on why you need some time? can't you tell him/her that you just need the morning?

 

A great technique is to fake throw up in your hand and run to the bathroom in the office shortly after breakfast/coffee time when everyone gets there in the morning. NO ONE will want you staying the rest of the day and you'll have completed CYA'd.

 

An awesome day of work still sucks compared to a crappy day of surfing....unless your a pro surfer.

 

My buddy used to tell me to do that, hahahahaha... I never could make myself do that though

 

doesn't anyone like their job?

 

Sure. Just not as much as surfing.