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We suspect that a co-worker lied about having cancer in order to get sympathy, gifts and time off.?

April 16, 2010 | In: Sympathy Gifts

She quit today in a fury of new lies which were exposed after she left. She did not use the work medical insurance, she was on her parents insurance (even though she’s over 21 she could do that while she was a student). Is there any way we could find out definitively if she really had cancer?
in reply to one of the answers: it wasnt an office, it was a small school. and there was nothing else wrong with her. she took 2 months medical leave for cancer while the rest of us broke out backs covering for her. we are a small school with not much money. we gave her 2 months paid. if she was lying, we’d like to recoup that money if for only to teach her that lying has serious and tangible consequences. not to mention that we have real cancer survivors on staff who reached out to her with money, gifts, thier time, cooking for her and all that. she’s a liar and liars shouldn’t be allowed to get away with lying. they should be confronted at the very least.

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4 Responses to We suspect that a co-worker lied about having cancer in order to get sympathy, gifts and time off.?

what what 'n' what what?

April 16th, 2010 at 9:58 am

Most likely no, but this is funny because this reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld.

Unless you can convince her to tell the truth, then no.

m

April 16th, 2010 at 10:25 am

If she’s already quit, why do you still care about it?

Besides, you have to pity anyone that would fake something as serious as cancer. Maybe she had some other health issue that was less socially acceptable (i.e. mental illness, cosmetic surgery gone wrong, or even something just a little too personal to talk about w/ everyone in the office), and she just went with the more common ailment of cancer, so that people wouldn’t ask so many questions and she could avoid the embarrassment.

This sounds like someone that, for one reason or another, you should pity, and not someone that you should seek to out and humiliate.

Just my opinion.

MSAD

April 16th, 2010 at 10:56 am

No.

You are not entitled to know about her medical condition any more than she’s entitled to know about yours.

But if she is in a mental/emotional/spiritual place where she had to lie about having cancer….to get your support, friendship, etc. she needs your prayers not you digging in her background.

sassy25

April 16th, 2010 at 11:18 am

A Teacher in NY pulled that. Lost her job, had to repay all sick leave payments and insurance fraud charges.

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