With the weather getting better and better all I can think these days is how great it could be to get out of work early …
And since I’ve been fantasizing about it quite a bit lately, I made a whole list of 30 most believable and heart-breaking reasons that will allow you (and your humble author) to cut the working hours without getting the paycheck cut. Even if you have the strictest boss on Earth.
Now all you need to do is choose the reason that sounds just right in your working place. And you’ll be free to go in under 10 minutes!
1. Your neighbor called – the water pipes “broke” and your basement is flooding. Got to get home ASAP!
2. If your boss is a pet lover, go with a pet emergency. Animal lovers will let you out of work every time!
3. You’ve got a fake food poisoning… works without fail! Just be sure not to blame it on your boss’s favorite restaurant.
4. You have diarrhea – everybody will be so embarrassed to question you about it that you’ll be out of the office in 5 minutes!
5. Your car broke down on the side of the road, and the tow truck’s taking forever.
6. Your cousin went into labor, and you’re the only person who lives close enough to get her to the hospital in time!
7. You chipped a tooth – what a klutz! – and have to make an emergency dentist visit.
8. If your boss is a guy, just say you’re having “womanly issues” … no guy has the guts to question it!
9. Lice – yikes! No one wants you coming to work with lice. This might even get you an extra day if you claim to be treating your house, too!
10. Tell your boss that you had annual blood work, and there was an “irregularity”… you’ll have to go in right away for follow-up testing.
This is what I have been waiting for…definitely will be using this as my second bible.
Amazing :D Though I wouldn’t go as far as Lice as a reason, “womanly issues” usually works for me :) Though I guess I might use a different excuse this time … in case I have real “womanly issues” ;)
Thank you for the list, it will come in handy :)
I work for the police department so a lot of those excuses wont work for me. But I did find a few new ones to try.
Love this post! Lots great ideas in here that I’m definitely going to put to use. I have to let you know that I’ve used the animal one on a dog-loving boss before and it TOTALLy works!
Totally awesome!!!
I wonder how many bosses are reading your posts????? I sure heard several of these before, from my coworkers!
I used to work with a girl who always had health issues as excuses,and some of the cleaver coworkers kept track of what letter of the alphabet her next ailment will start with (they really were convinced that she was making it all up….so sad).
I’ve always been skeptical about making up ailments, as not to jinx myself and really come down with something….how silly is that?
Nice job on the post.
I tend to think out of the box. I mean the common “i’m not feeling well” will most likely get you out of work, but it doesn’t stop them from questioning you. Something like.. ” my outlet is sparking, the electronic guy is on his way, however, i’m not sure how long it will take..or, ” my hot water tank broke, my basement is flooded, now i have to move all my electronics upstairs so they don’t get wet” those type of excuses won’t get questioned simple because they are not everyday occurances.
thanks though
i plan on using some of yours:)
I need to get out of work because I have to go to court to appeal my unemployement for my previous job. I cant tell my current employer that I have Jury Duty because I had jury duty 3 weeks ago and they know I cant get called in for Jury Duty more than once a year. I want to say I have to go to court, however, I dont want to say it’s to appeal my unemployement. Should I say I have to contest a ticket? HELPPPP!!!
A friend of mine was suppose to be working the night of this huge party so i told her to tell her boss she had diarrhea. We phoned on a 3 way call and my friend immediately started to explain her situation (in detail haha) and ended with ” so i dont think I’m going to make it in to work tonight” her boss responded with ” Um…your not on the schedule” LOL
ha ha. Louise that story is so funny. I would have burst out laughing if i was you or your friend.
Lol!!! Yeah Louise how did you manage to not burst out laughing?!
you can have someone call you at work if you went but feel like you dont want to do anything to leave work to but it still works if you stay home and just call in theres a bad leak in your roof and you dont have the money to get someone in so your going to have to try to fix it yourself and get the next day off if you say it was worest then you thought when you went to fix it you found wiering so now you have to make sure its all up to code and you now have to call in some help
Missy,
You have used these before haven’t you :D