Shaun Buchanan Lies About Having The Runs

The Daily News has a difficult time finding New Yorkers willing to speak on the record about a recent CareerBuilder.com survey that found that 43 percent of employees fake being ill in order to use sick days. All except for Kmart supervisor Shaun Buchanan:

Few of New York’s workers spoken to yesterday were willing to give their names, fearing repercussions from bosses.

But Shaun Buchanan, 23, said, “Yeah, I’ve done that a lot.”

“I’ve taken sick days to play basketball or to go shopping. If I’m entitled to sick days, I’m going to take them.”

Buchanan, from South Jamaica, Queens, was quick to say he suffered his rash of bogus illnesses long before he started work as a supervisor at Kmart.

But he advised, “There’s no point in being too elaborate in your excuses.

“I would say I had a bad stomach. Nobody wants you at work if you’ve got the runs, and it clears up quickly.”

Props to Shaun for saying what we’re thinking . . .