Ok. Maybe that isn't a fair title. Perhaps some of the excuses are true. But I would like to see what others have been told as far as why someone called off. Here's a few of my favorites:
1. My babysitter is in jail so I can't come in.
2. I burned my hand on some food so I can't work today.
3. I forgot I had to work today, so I stayed up too late and am too tired to come in.
4. My child got stung by a bee (several hours ago) so I don't want to come in.
5. I'm mad at (supervisor) so I'm not working today.
I have used "I'm stressed to death and am taking a "mental health" day today." Yes, I was wrote for an absence, lol. But I was being honest. Anyway, what have you heard?
Some of these posts are hilarious. I can't believe some of the excuses that people used to call in to be off. I will happily be entertained reading these posts to myself and others for the rest of the day!! Sorry for the ones that may be true!!
My dog was having emergency surgery and the vet was on the speaker phone with me during it. We were having to decide whether or not to put her down on the operating table. I had to call in that day.....I was an emotional wreck. She is my baby!
Luckily she survived and is now happy and healthy.
My manager wasn't the nicest and when I was back at work the next day she told me "if it had been me, I wouldn't have been selfish about not coming into work and just put her down..." I was dumbfounded I had the time to use and it was my decision. I would have been crying every 5 minutes at work.....
A coworker's mother called in for her stating "Suzie" would not be in that day and would not be at work the rest of the week. Mom then added that she didn't know when or if Suzie would be back to work. It turns out Suzie was in jail for murdering her husband and his girlfriend.
Two coworkers called in together 15 minutes before their shift stating coworker #1's divorce was final so they both had gone out to celebrate and were now too drunk to come to work.
I used to work for a supervisor who, when someone called in sick she would have to tell a story about how she had that same ailment before and still came to work. for instance.....if someone called in with a broken leg, she would say "the nurse called in b/c she broke her leg....I broke my ankle AND my foot and I still came to work". but some of the excuses were ridiculous.. like an aide called in because her kidneys failed and she had to start dialysis that day. i bet it aggravated her b/c she couldnt out-do that.
I swear that was the office manager before I became a nurse. I wrecked my jeep in the snow and said I wouldn't be in. She said "I dont' know why you cant make it in, I did". I gave 4 weeks notice my next shift. She was such a double standard person. She would go on vacation and the day she was supposed to be back to work her plane always came in soooo late, and she was too tired to work...or she always called in a "mental health" day. It was perfect that she always missed at least one day a week...because she was salary.
She wrote in my file when i had a stomach bug that it was a coworkers bday and I was most likely with that person.
I was hit by a tractor trailer on my way into work. Was actually stuck in my car. Thought i woule blow up. Firefighters had to get me out with the jaws of life. Employee of the year...found my phone and called my manager and told her what happened while still stuck in my car. She stayed on the phone with me and on the phone with the cops until they arrived. She then visited me in the er and said we wanted you to come to work but not in an ambulance! Lol
I called off around 8 am for my 3 pm shift....no problem, hung the phone up and went back to bed. My director calls me right back in a mad huff and said DONT YOU DO THIS TO ME TODAY I HAVE A SEMINAR TO GO TO AND THERE IS NOBODY ELSE TO WORK. I tried insisting, but it was no use, and I went to work. which was really uncomfortable because I had to pretend like I felt bad for 8 hours.
I had the time to use and it was my decision. I would have been crying every 5 minutes at work.....
1hotnurse08
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Some of these posts are hilarious. I can't believe some of the excuses that people used to call in to be off. I will happily be entertained reading these posts to myself and others for the rest of the day!! Sorry for the ones that may be true!!