Excuses for Missing Work

prn nurse · Jun 17, 2002

Do they have Taco Bells' all over the country?? Everyone here knows calling in cause you ate a bean burrito at Taco Bell is valid for a case of the runs, accompanied by severe abdominal cramping and "throwing up all night" or all day, whichever way you need it....and a terrible headache too...

Obviously can't work puking and shi_ _ ing !

Even the managers have had it, so no one ever argues with ya.

NurseMonkey · Jun 17, 2002

I want to thank you for this topic because I AM calling off tomorrow, and I haven't decided yet what to tell them. I think I may go with the explosive cat diarrhea!

nurseratchett29 · Jun 18, 2002

My personal favorite is the "FAMILY EMERGENCY" that one of our MA's had the other day. This of course was the day after she was *****ing that the other MA had called in sick. I had to do my triage job, put patients in the exam rooms, run the script line (because the other nurse was late) and send out 50 lab letters. All while I myself was sick cuz I'm too stupid to call in

nurseratchett29 · Jun 18, 2002

I must admit the one time I called in "sick". I hated my job and went out to look for another. While I was out, my apartment was broken into and the the police called me at work to say i had been burglarized. I quit that day before they could fire me. Luckily, i got the new job.

nursedawn67, LPN · Jun 18, 2002

The other day I went to a local store at 3 in the afternoon and saw an aide that works at our facility.....well when I got to work I saw that she had called in for the 2 - 10 shift with a gas leak in her house....so I guess she was at the store getting "fresh air" in the CD department!!

NurseMonkey · Jun 18, 2002

well, I just called off a few hours ago for daylight tomorrow. I didn't want to go because I am in Ohio visiting my family, and I live in PA. I had 3 days off, one day on, and another 3 off so I don't see the point in driving home to work one lousy day. Anyway, when I called off, I told the supervisor, who is a friend of mine to state the reason as "out of town with a family emergency" She simply said she would write, "She's a lush and she wants to go out, get drunk, and get some." The way my job has been lately, I don't really care what she tells them.

CashewLPN, LPN · Jun 18, 2002

well...I've beenout a fewdays...

I cut my finger at cooking school(during the final, no less)

and had to have 2 sutures put into my fingertip...

oh...if anyone cares.... at school I did a pressure dressing, and finished the test...

got the highest grade in the test...

(teacher said to me that I had balls to finish the test like that...)

--Barbara

oplok · Jun 18, 2002

How about this one...

" I am not coming in to work, its private and personal and none of your f#%$^%* business ! "

prmenrs, RN · Jun 18, 2002

OOOH! I really like that last one!!

nursejws · Jun 18, 2002

Originally posted by oplok
How about this one...
" I am not coming in to work, its private and personal and none of your f#%$^%* business ! "

ENUFF said!

Sjackson983 · Jun 18, 2002

In nursing school, this one student came to clinical late. His clothes were all wrinkled, he was a mess. His excuse for being late, "The headlights on my car don't work, so I had to wait till the sun came up to drive in to the hospital". :eek:

bandaidexpert, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2002

How about this one....I won't be in today or tomorrow....my feet hurt.

Actual call from a CNA.

I think we can all relate!