Posted on 01/12/2007 2:48:36 AM PST by sully777
10 worst excuses to miss work
1) As I was walking to work I was hit by a plane/helicopter.
This sounds so weirdly stupid that it might leave your boss completely speechless. The secret is to sound pretty dramatic or hurt and hang up the phone immediately, though. He/shell probably be too astonished to call you back and will just drop it, hoping you will come to work a normal person the next day.
2) I died
If you say this in a very natural voice, something like: Hey, I cant come in today, I died, sorry guys, I guess your boss will be shocked for at least a little bit, but you should hang up until hell start yelling something about bad jokes, then make a friend call and announce with grief the same thing, and explain you killed yourself and left a tape with a message for the company, the message said: Hey guys, I died. The next day you come in youll say it was a misunderstanding.
3) My wife will finally have sex with me and its been 7 years.
Everybody will be so embarrassed, for your embarrassment, I dont think theyll be able to say much, theyll feel too sorry for you to be angry, or anything else.
4) My cat had Siamese triplets.
Cats having many kittens is an usual thing, and Siamese are only twins, but it might sound weird enough to convince, at least temporarily.
5) I am having a middle-age crisis its so painful.
You have to make it sound like its a horrible disease, very painful, acute, like a kidney crisis or something, and its important to talk over your boss and never answer any of his questions, keep rambling chaotically about your suffering.
6) My mom had a baby She is 55 and its been tough, although shes in pretty good shape.
This will hopefully sound weird enough to make everybody silent. I mean who the hell has a baby at 55? Theyll probably wonder about that, distracted from your missing work for a while.
7) I am running out of time my time is over.
This is taken from various writings and from a popular series South Park, which I highly recommend for the days when youll manage to miss work using these excuses. Will it sound too strange for your boss? Maybe, but if you make it tragic enough, he might think youve lost it completely and just wait to talk to you the next day.
8)Kenny died.
This is another character from South Park, he dies every episode and so you wont lie about something as serious as death, plus you dont have to explain who he is, because if you say a name full of confidence and in a familiar way, nobody asks questions, especially if its about death.
9) I witnessed a pocket robbery and Im going in to testify.
Its very stupid to testify for a pocket robbery, but if youre talking about the police, testimonials and so on, nobody will be very interested to find out more, probably.
10) I ran out of clean underwear.
This is again so embarrassing that nobody will probably care to comment upon it. I mean what could they say: Ill lend you some of mine or Just come without, whats the big deal? I mean its just another subject people dont really care to comment upon. You can also add: Im doing some serious washing and promise Ill have clean underwear for a month, and of course change it every day.
(Source http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-worst-excuses-to-miss-work-21906.shtml) By Ana Constantinescu
Calling in sick line: "My (clock) snoozer broke."
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Have you heard the joke about the airplane? No. Well, it was way over your head anyway.
A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the period. It marks the end of his sentence.
The two guys caught drinking battery acid will soon be charged.
I was sprayed by a skunk.
I tripped over my dog and was knocked unconscious.
My bus broke down and was held up by robbers.
I was arrested as a result of mistaken identity.
I forgot to come back to work after lunch.
I couldn't find my shoes.
I hurt myself bowling.
I was spit on by a venomous snake.
I totaled my wife's jeep in a collision with a cow.
A hitman was looking for me.
My curlers burned my hair and I had to go to the hairdresser.
I eloped.
My brain went to sleep and I couldn't wake it up.
My cat unplugged my alarm clock.
I had to be there for my husband's grand jury trial.
I had to ship my grandmother's bones to India.
I forgot what day of the week it was.
Someone slipped drugs in my drink last night.
A tree fell on my car.
My monkey died.
Two robbers with clubs went golfing, but they didn't play the fairway.
A guy became so good with a chainsaw that he was promoted to branch manager.
He bent over to pick up a sieve and strained himself.
An office with many people and few electrical outlets could be in for a power struggle.
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