‘Bosses, what are most imaginative reasons people have called in sick?’ – 23 employees who really wanted a duvet day

13.

‘I once called my boss saying that I’d be late, because of how icy the roads were, he said that they weren’t icy at all, that young people just don’t know how to drive in the winter and that he’d come and get me. Ten minutes later he arrived at my house and promptly skidded past my front door and finally stopped at the bottom of the hill.’
–icantremebermyold1

14.

‘I had a colleague turn up an hour late because he thought he was watching Channel 4 but actually it was 4+1.’
–InkedDoll1

15.

‘A colleague missed work once because her dog was drunk. She’d been out the night before and had pre drinks at hers and someone left a cup of vodka lemonade on the floor which the dog drank. He was fine thankfully so we could all laugh at the video of this little terrier staggering about pissed. After consulting a vet she had to stay home to watch him and try sober him up.’
–CTLNBRN

16.

‘This is 100% true. I got locked in my own bedroom and had to call in to my boss I couldn’t get in to work.

I kept my house keys in the outside of my bedroom door(HMO) and there was a padlock on it for the gym. Somehow the weight of the padlock had turned the key slightly and locked me in and all my housemates had left for the day so I spent the day locked in my room.’
–sci-fi_hi-fi

17.

‘A young lady (19) rang in to say she couldn’t come in because her hair dryer had died so she couldn’t dry her hair. She was due to start work at 4.30pm, she rang at 1pm.’
–sbdart31

18.

‘Not a boss, but I had one colleague who called in because his moped wouldn’t start, fair enough. Only issue was that he lived down the road and didn’t ride a moped to work, apparently he didn’t even own one.’
–CraigTheBrewer12

19.

‘I work in HR, it’s difficult to name the weirdest ones as there’s been so many. I remember one young lad who called in and said he couldn’t come in because he couldn’t afford any office shoes, and only had trainers. My lovely boss bought some shoes and took them round to his house. His parents told her he was at Alton Towers.

I’d lost faith in humanity way before this, but she always saw the best in people.’
–padmansana

20.

‘My favourite one was ‘I can’t come into work, my nipple piercing is stuck to the bedsheet and no one else in the house to help me’. She was legit stuck to the bottom sheet on her bed.

I had a couple of panicked calls from her with updates but she eventually freed herself with nipple intact and managed to come into work a couple of hours late. Once free she saw the funny side.

It was such an unexpected one I wasn’t even mad about it. If you’re going to be late, at least make me laugh!’
–ComfySlipper

21.

‘I called in to an old job saying I had car trouble. The message got passed along to my line manager, who then phoned me back, pointing out I didn’t have a car. Understandably, when I was genuinely ill, they didn’t believe me until I spewed on arrival.’
–geekhalla

22.

‘I had a guy call in to say his wife had been cheating and left with the other fella, leaving him alone with his daughter. He then came back to work the next day as is nothing had happened.’
–InnerGas7103

23.

‘I worked in a shop in Brighton. Someone called to say she couldn’t come in because her chakras were out of alignment.’
–PipBin

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