India, May 28 -- What was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway to Coorg turned into a professional nightmare for an employee who faked a stomach flu to skip work. In a Reddit post, the employee claimed to have been exposed after being noticed by their boss in a viral vacation video.

"Pretended to be on sick leave and got caught," the employee wrote, adding, "Last month I took Friday off for a trip to Coorg. Told my manager I had stomach flu. Got tagged in a background reel of someone dancing at the homestay. Video blew up on Insta. 13K likes."

The employee posted, "Monday, my skip-level manager sent the reel link and said: 'Hope your stomach is better.' Thank God, I'm still employed, but no WFH requests approved since then. He doesn't t...