What’s the most unusual reason you’ve heard someone call in sick for work? – 17 eyebrow-raising excuses
10.
‘Back in my retail days one girl didn’t show up so we called her and she said “I forgot that I worked there” (as in forgot they worked for our store, not forgot they worked that day). It was the most insane excuse I’d ever heard as a manager. She’d worked with us for like 3 weeks. I guess she ‘forgot’ forever because she never came back.’
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11.
‘Not work, but a college class with a pretty strict attendance policy – I delivered a message to the professor that my friend couldn’t come that day because “she thought one of her guppies might give birth”.
‘To prevent cannibalism the recommendation was to separate the babies from the adults asap; prof. accepted this as an excused absence lol.’
-InannasPocket
12.
‘Had a 2nd shift QA job in my 5th packing house. Not a gov inspector, not on the line, not a supervisor, hated by all. Morbidly depressed after 6 months.
‘Woke up one morning & felt great – mentally & physically.
‘Called in – “I’m calling in well. I feel great & won’t ruin it by coming to work today”.
‘Boss said I’ll have to write you up tomorrow. Have at it. Sent out a resume & left a month later.’
-busterfudd1
13.
‘”Forgot to change my clock for daylight savings”.
‘We had this guy who would always be one hour late to work on the Monday after we changed the clocks.
‘But the guy was an idiot: He’d pull this excuse when we roll-back as well as when we roll-forward.
‘By that logic, you’d be an hour EARLY one day a year, and an hour late one day a year.’
-whomp1970
14.
‘My wife called me from home while I was at work one day. I asked her why she was home instead of at work and she said, “I called in sick”
‘I asked her what was wrong. She replied “There’s a big bug by the door.”
‘We lived in a garden apartment with only one entrance. And she couldn’t get out because of the bug.
‘I told her to step on it. She was too afraid. I told her to stick our Jack Russell on it. She(the dog) was definitely not afraid of bugs.
‘So that’s what she did. She took the dog over to it, pointed it out, and the dog went over to it, sniffed it and walked away.
‘Upon further examination it turned out the “bug” was actually just a ball of loose thread.
‘These are the dangers of not wearing your glasses, I guess.’
-Adddicus
15.
‘They dropped a frozen turkey on their bare foot.’
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16.
‘A colleague emailed me to tell me he’d be out of town and unable to review the materials I sent him. I was frustrated because I work in print publishing, and deadlines really don’t care about your vacation. Checked in with another colleague to see if he agreed that I should follow up with him by phone regardless.
‘It turns out he was not just “out of town” — he was in ANTARCTICA doing research.’
-porcelina-g
17.
‘They couldn’t come in because their neighbor’s dog ate their car keys.’
-curvynsluttyxo
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