Like many others who went to school in the 1980s, Ferris Bueller was one of my personal heroes. Ferris took the idea of faking sick from school and turned it into an art form, complete with a moving mannequin in the bed, canned messages playing when the doorbell rang, and even a before-its-time hacking of the school computers to change his attendance records. And of course, Ferris spent his day off tooling around in a Ferrari, attending a Chicago Cubs game (nice taste, Ferris!), and bringing The Beatles back into style. What kid wouldn’t want to skip school for that?
Sick days–whether real or not–are a time-honored part of school. Unfortunately, as one contractor learned the hard way, sick notes may not work at the SBA.