21. Just say, “I threw my back out.” People use this excuse all the time, and no one really knows what it means – but no one seems to question it!
22. You’ve got horrible hemorrhoids and your doctor advised you to soak for several hours in a salt water bath. No one will have the audacity to tell you to come on in with this one!
23. You’ve got a “reoccurring gynecological condition”. Get out of work, no questions asked…
24. A migraine is a great excuse. Anyone who’s really had one will know how painful they are, and reoccurring migraines = more days off!
25. Claim first degree burns in a cooking accident. Just be sure to say it’s on a body part you can easily cover up for the next few days at work!
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26. You were witness to a hit-and-run accident, and you’ve got to go to the police station and give a statement. Again, no one argues with the law!
27. Just say, “My spouse/child/roommate is too sick to get out of bed, so I’ve got to stay home and care for him/her.”
28. Someone tried to burglarize your home last night, and you’re getting a security system installed today. No one will ask you to jeopardize your personal safety!
29. Call your boss and say, “My car was repossessed last night, and I don’t have any money for a taxi!” In this economy, who could blame you?
30. Tell your boss that the spring on your garage door snapped, and you’re not strong enough to raise the garage door to get your car out. Where did I get this crazy idea? Oh, because it really happened to me! :)
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Do you know a great excuse to get out of work? Please do share! There can never be too many, right? ;)
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