D
ay after day, hour after hour, the barrels just funnelled in
around the points - and the workers slowly funnelled out
of their offices and sites as the count of sick days saw an
unseasonable spike in numbers by the week’s end. Some
bosses were livid, whilst others embraced the concept and
adjusted rosters to give their staff time to have a dig. Only on
the Gold Coast would business owners be reported as bending
to accommodate their employees’ inevitable surfing borne
absences. With waves like this, there was no stopping some.