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I am interested in hearing funny or strange excuses that employees have used as the reason for not coming to work. For example, I was told recently that "I was in jail" and another said "my cat defic
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 5/28/2004 9:20 AM EDT
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I once had an employee call in saying she would be late arriving at work. She said she had too many hickies on her neck and needed to wait until the stores opened to buy a turtleneck.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 6/9/2004 9:08 AM EDT
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I heard a good one today! An employee was 45 minutes late for work because he couldn't wake his Dad up to get gas money from him.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 6/14/2004 12:24 PM EDT
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One of my employees called in to say they were lost and couldnt find their way to work. This person lives 5 miles from work, has worked in the same place for 2 years, and has lived in the same town for the last 20 years. Go figure.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 6/28/2004 5:08 AM EDT
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One of our employees has called with several not-so-good excuses . . . most recently, the doorknob fell off her door and she couldn't get out of her apartment.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/6/2004 7:04 AM EDT
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I had an employee just last week call in to say that she wasn't going to make it into work because couldn't find her clothes. Granted, she spent the day before moving, but it was still funny anyway.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/26/2004 6:52 PM EDT
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My dads secretary once called in and excused her way into not reporting for work. Her reason: "I've gotta service my microwave oven...".

(It was later found out that she had microwaved her access card which was why it bummed out in the first place.)
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/27/2004 5:15 AM EDT
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We had an employee who called to say he couldn't come to work for two days because it was too hot outside, so he couldn't leave home. We're in Chicago.
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/27/2004 5:20 AM EDT
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I hope the excuse was in the summer!
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/27/2004 7:35 AM EDT
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On 2004-06-28 09:08, mcmel wrote:
One of our employees has called with several not-so-good excuses . . . most recently, the doorknob fell off her door and she couldn't get out of her apartment.
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That actually happened to me once, way back when. The doorknob fell off and I was stuck in a second story apartment. Finally, the manager got a ladder, climbed up to get through the window. and then forced open the front door for me.

Chari
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Excuses for not coming to work

posted at 7/27/2004 9:29 AM EDT
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Had a guy once who called to say he wouldn't be in because his cow was in labor.
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