Paid to Play Hooky?
This guy skipped work for 6 years… and almost won an award?!
Talk about failing upwards! A Spanish civil servant named Joaquín García managed to avoid showing up to work for six years straight—while still collecting his paycheck. His grand streak only ended when the local government tried to honor him for "two decades of dedicated service". Oops.
Turns out, García’s supervisors literally never noticed he was missing. His excuse? He claimed workplace conflicts left him "unable to work", but somehow, he kept cashing those checks. The town only caught on when they couldn’t reach him for the award ceremony. (Cue the world’s most awkward HR meeting.)
If you could disappear from work for six years without consequences, all while still collecting pay… what would you do with all that free time? (Besides, you know, not showing up to work.)
Let’s hear your best schemes or confessions below.
