I faked a medical photo for sick leave and my manager caught me
I called in sick to work one day because honestly i just didn't want to go in.
I wasn't really sick, just exhausted and didn't feel like dealing with work that day. I figured one day wouldn't matter, but my company required proof for sick leave and i didn't have anything.
Instead of just taking the unpaid day, I made a really stupid decision. I used AI to make a photo that looked like I had gone to a clinic. I know, sounds really dumb now lol. I checked it a bunch of times before sending it too because I really thought it looked real enough.
My manager approved the leave at first so I thought I actually got away with it.
Then a few hours later they messaged me asking where I got the photo. I got nervous immediately. They said something about it looking suspicious and that they had checked it with truthscan ai image detector.
I honestly didn't even know people were using AI detectors for stuff like that.
They asked me if I made the image and I tried thinking of some excuse for a few minutes, but there really wasn't a good one. So I just admitted it.
Ended up getting a written warning, my sick leave was denied and marked unpaid, and HR told me that if I falsified documents again it could lead to termination.
Honestly the HR meeting was probably the most embarrassing part. Having to explain that I literally faked a clinic photo because I just didn't feel like going to work that day was pretty pathetic.
Looking back, I could've just taken the unpaid day or asked for a personal day. Instead I turned one day of not wanting to work into a whole disciplinary issue.
Definitely not doing that again.