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10 Best and Worst Excuses for Missing Work
By Michele Marrinan, Monster Contributing Writer
We’ve all been there. It’s a beautiful day, and you can’t bear the thought of going into work. So you call in with some excuse about feeling ill, but you know in your bones that your boss doesn’t buy it.
The feeling ill excuse is a short-term solution that won’t win you any fans at the office – someone else will have to pick up the slack, or you’ll miss deadlines. And it won’t help your career any. Here are 10 excuses – five smart and five not-so-smart – to help you save face and your sanity.
myinnbox
2 months ago
4 comments
Playing golf with a client won't work for 99% of us!
azmomma4
3 months ago
2 comments
I'M RETIRED NOW, BUT MY FAVORITE EXCUSE ON THE RARE OCCASIONS THAT I CALLED IN SICK WAS: "I NEED A MENTAL HEALTH DAY" IT SEEMS TO WORK BECAUSE YOUR BOSS DOESN'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS OR NOT & THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK CAUSING YOU TO HAVE A MELTDOWN!
briankgettelfinger
3 months ago
2 comments
glad this article ended with the advice "don't lie". dishonesty and deception happens too often in other contexts anyway. and most often "the truth comes out"
saem
3 months ago
10 comments
My husband's employee once apologized for being hours late because he had an appointment to get his bass woofers installed.
saem
3 months ago
10 comments
There are enough real-life problems that can come between you and work -- it's just totally foolish to invent fake ones and then have to take MORE time off for the real ones.
OTOldie
3 months ago
68 comments
"Death in the family" is never a good excuse unless it's a truthful one! What bad taste to lie about such a thing!