…Here are the top 10 unusual excuses given for calling in sick:
- Employee’s 12-year-old daughter stole his car and he had no other way to work. Employee didn’t want to report it to the police.
- Employee said bats got in her hair.
- Employee said a refrigerator fell on him.
- Employee was in line at a coffee shop when a truck carrying flour backed up and dumped the flour into her convertible.
- Employee said a deer bit him during hunting season.
- Employee ate too much at a party.
- Employee fell out of bed and broke his nose.
- Employee got a cold from a puppy.
- Employee’s child stuck a mint up his nose and had to go to the ER to remove it.
- Employee hurt his back chasing a beaver….
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I’m ashamed to admit that in the past i have called in sick when i could have gone in to work. I can say that it has only been a handful of times, but sometimes work became so stressful that you just cannot bear going in.
Posted by Bernie Hough and Kelly Woodroffe | July 18, 2012, 2:27 am