Back in the 50s I had a female who worked for me who being unformed made about 10% of what I did and she ‘worked’ for me.
She’d always take either a Friday or Monday off sick and when she was there she’d sit around smoking and working about an hour per day.
When I was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama back in the 1980s, we had a lady that worked in the claims section of our JAG office. She was a big Auburn Tigers fan. When Alabama beat Auburn, she would take at least a week off because she was “sick” over Auburn losing too Alabama. When they lost to any other team, she would be out on Monday and Tuesday at least the next week. THAT is the federal government system. Take off and not have to give a real reason for not being there.