32 years on the job, and never a sick day

SANTA CLARA, Calif.

Now, after 32 years on the job, assistant sheriff Lindley Zink is retiring.

The 56-year-old spent Thursday cleaning out his office and tomorrow he'll be a no show at work - something he hasn't done since 1978.

"I've never called in sick. I've been sick, but when I've had the flu, It's always been on a weekend," said Lindley Zink, retiring assistant sheriff.

Zink is getting a lump sum of $59,000 cash for all of uncollected sick time. Along with the cash - Zink's pension will allow him to collect 90 percent of his $185,000 salary for the rest of his life.

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