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/she’ll 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 can’t come in today, I died, sorry guys”, I guess...