What are the origins of this fun-filled festive custom?
This is a pretty good one. The manager may or may not be impressionable. If he/she is, then it's fair game.
How can one possibly work with a an injury as serious as this one?
Surely, you can't go to work with a chipped tooth, right? Especially after being assaulted by your loved one!
The dangers of country living are real. Luckily, you came to her rescue.
Don't you hate it when you go to the bowling alley and that happens?
How can one possibly get into a car surrounded by bees, right?
Sometimes, honesty is not the best policy. Still, this is a clear sign you need to change your job.
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Sure these things can happen. When you're not working the next day, at least.
This goes for any other pet. Of course, you had to go to the pet store to get some food.
She found out you were cheating and threw all your stuff away, just like in the movies. It's only fair that that you skip work to retrieve all you belongings from the dumpster.
This one is just brilliant. We wonder what else you can accidentally do? Perhaps stumble across a vacation and end up on the beach? Crazy, right?
Okay, maybe you've upset the wrong people and need to watch your back. But why is a hitman looking for you today, specifically?
When the universe tells you not to go to work, you should listen. Especially if the message is channeled through your psychic...
Sounds legit. You really can't get to work if you're stuck. At least you're monitoring your blood pressure!
How tangled was your hair, and how much force did you apply to your hairbrush that it ended up hitting your eye in a way that rendered you unfit to work, really?
It's usually pets that eat human food, not the other way round, in case you haven't noticed.
As they do... Now you can't go to work because you're waiting for your insurance contact, and, of course, for someone to come and remove the animal from your home!
We've all had that feeling at least once in our lives, but then the alarm goes off, and we get up to go to work.
Obviously, you can't go to work when you're waiting for a priest to exorcise your home's demons.
This really isn't an excuse if you're an adult and you do your own laundry. If this happens for real, maybe you should rethink your priorities in life.
Okay, could we all use this one once in a while? Surely, many of us have felt like it's too cold to leave the house.
Come on, who can go to work and leave a bird loose at home?
"...and now I'm afraid to leave him." As dedicated as that sounds, this is not quite a viable excuse to skip work.
Don't you hate it when that happens, especially while you're asleep?
Fair enough. There is no way on earth this person would have heard the alarm clock.
Waking up with dead limbs is pretty upsetting. How you managed to pick up the phone to call in sick is pretty amazing though...
Because that's what burglars do, right? Who's the random stranger anyway, and how did this person fall asleep on your couch? A complete mystery.
Yes, it's from the spirits. And you're suffering from something called a hangover.
Going to work while sick is not a good idea. It's not good for you, for your employer, or your colleagues. But sometimes, for one reason or another, people call in sick or come up with other non-health-related excuses to skip work. Some of these are indeed quite creative, and many are truly hilarious.
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Going to work while sick is not a good idea. It's not good for you, for your employer, or your colleagues. But sometimes, for one reason or another, people call in sick or come up with other non-health-related excuses to skip work. Some of these are indeed quite creative, and many are truly hilarious.
Curious to find out some of the most bizarre excuses people have used to skip work? Then click on!