Raise your hand if you called out sick today ✋👀

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Why it worked

The video taps into a relatable and slightly humorous topic of calling out sick, using a data-driven approach from an app to add credibility while maintaining a lighthearted tone. The specific date and its connection to common cultural events like the Super Bowl make the information engaging and shareable.

Summary

The video discusses the "sickest day of the year" according to the app Flamingo, which tracks vacation and sick leave. It explains that this day, August 24th, is not necessarily due to actual illness but rather factors like good weather and the upcoming school year. The second-highest sick day is noted as February 13th, around the Super Bowl, attributed to mental health days.

Structure

1Introduction of "America's Sickest Day"
2Explanation of the date and source (Flamingo app)
3Clarification that it's not about actual sickness
4

Original caption

Raise your hand if you called out sick today ✋👀

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Flamingo (app): Tracks vacation time and sick leaves. It ACTS by providing data on when employees call out sick. Removing it would change the source of the information. Flamingo (app): Is mentioned as the source for the data on sick days. It ACTS by providing data. Removing it would change the source of the information.

On-screen text

AMERICA'S SICKEST DAY OF THE YEAR AUGUST 24 SOURCE: FLAMINGO THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE APP FLAMINGO, WHICH TRACKS VACATION TIME AND SICK LEAVES. FLAMINGO SAYS IT'S NOT RELATED TO ACTUALLY BEING SICK. BUT THE GREAT WEATHER THIS TIME OF YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE SECOND-MOST SICK DAY, THAT WOULD BE FEBRUARY 13, WHICH THE APP NOTES, JUST HAPPENS TO FALL RIGHT AROUND THE SUPER YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH DAYS, WHERE YOU JUST FEEL AND ALSO, IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST WEEK BEFORE A LOT OF KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL. FEEL SOMETHING COMING ON AT THAT TIME. DID I HAVE CRAMPS THIS MORNING? I DON'T KNOW. GAYLE, YOU DON'T CALL OUT SICK.

Transcript

Raise your hand if you called out sick today. The number one day of the year that employees call out sick. Why is that? Coincidence only. Coincidence only. I'm here. Major, didn't you feel like cough coming on? Something is coming on. That's according to the app Flamingo, which tracks vacation time and sick leaves. Flamingo says it's not related to actually being sick. Wink wink. But the great weather this time of year across the country. The second-most sick day, that would be February 13, which the app notes, just happens to fall right around the Super Bowl. You know, mental health days, where you just feel. And also, it's probably the last week before a lot of kids go back to school. Feel something coming on at that time. Did I have cramps this morning? I don't know. Gayle, you don't call out sick.