What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

[sasha2lady]

I've heard some doozies for call INS to work. 1. Dog having puppies 2. I'm having a miscarriage when I could hear a party in the background 3. I'm tired 4. I worked yesterday 5. Out of gas 6. I'm going out of town

just to name a few

what excuses have you heard for someone to use to not come to work

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

clemmm78

How did you get into writing? Was it very difficult - can you enlighten me?

What have you published so I can see if I can get it at our library. I love reading stories about nursing and midwifery - especially from the old days. They are freaky.

[rudeRN]

"I burnt my hair" I honestly heard that one when I worked in LTC.

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

"I burnt my hair" I honestly heard that one when I worked in LTC.

Did the person burn their scalp as well?

[rudeRN]

Did the person burn their scalp as well?

She had a bad perm! Her scalp was fine, mostly having to goto work with bad hair was the issue.

[Zookeeper3]

I personally called in "psycotic" after a 6 week visit from my mom:o. After 6 weeks of being torn to pieces I was a mess and had no ability to care for anyone else. Seems justified to me, those at work that thought I was nuts for saying that, simply haven't met mom.

[Hoozdo, ADN]

I live in Texas as well. I challenge anyone who thinks this excuse isn't legitimate to spend a week or two without air conditioning when the temp outside is pushing 110F and the humidity is 75%.

True. Where I live in AZ you can't even spend one day in a house without AC.

You will die! Over 110F in a non air conditioned house is not compatible with

life. It's maybe doable if you have a pool and sleep outside.

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

It was 45-48oC heat here in one state of Australia I lived in for 2 weeks. Air con wouldn't work in that heat continuously and still had to go to work. I only fitfully slept on the mattress, with wet underwear and a fan blowing out hot air.

You could have fried an egg on the wooden floor inside, it was so hot to walk on.

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

We're union, so really, we don't even have to give a reason. We just say that we're calling in sick, and that's it. They are not allowed to ask specifics. Obviously, if someone is absent way too much, something gets said, but it's a verbal first then they write you up.

We aren't union, and a couple supervisors are known for boo hooing when you call out . They'll be difficult and ask question after question. So I answer them. I give very detailed answers about my BM frequency, consistency, odor, what I ate, how much water I am drinking. They get annoyed and hang up on me, but the point get across.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

i couldn't find my mobile at the time to call in to work.

when i rang work the next day i was promptly told by my boss that i was sacked with no sympathy whatsoever.

really? you weren't within hailing distance of a phone until the next day???? where do you live?

i think i would have found it extremely hard to believe that you couldn't call in to work until the next day.

[6mostogo]

I always keep them simple and to the point. If it is not an illness, I will say it's a personal issue I must address. If they want to argue, I don't engage.

Wish it could be that easy. I rarely call off and always for a REAL reason. But the LTC facility I work for now, requires staff calling in sick to come in to be evaluated by one of the staff nurses. The rationale being that it saves the employee from needing a doctor's note. Now, some chronic offenders, or someone calling off 2-3 days in a row, I can see the REQUEST that someone come in for an assessment, but a requirement? Really?

The facility I worked at before, I had 10 months on the job with no call offs, then my partner needed a chole. Yes, it was a lap chole, yes it was an ambulatory procedure, but SOMEONE has to be at home with her the first 24 hours. My manager was not understanding and demanded I find my own coverage. Fine. 24 hours post op, my poor boo still hasnt gotten her pain under control despite our attempts to call back the surgeon. She hadn't slept at all since coming out of anesthesia (and thus, neither had I!) and isnt able to eat/drink/sit/lay flat, continually pacing back and forth. Finally decided to just go to the ER - at night, i know its a horrible time, so of course we were there several hours. By 3am she still hadn't received any meds and i still hadn't slept, so I called in. My manager was very disrespectful, insinuated that "my pattern of calling in" was jeopardizing my "special scheduling" and I may have to pick up more shifts (I work w/e only to go to school during the week), and hung up abruptly when I replied "What pattern? Until this w/e, I've never called in since my hire date!" Obviously, i turned in my resignation after that treatment.

By the time I made it in to turn in my letter, my coworkers all mysteriously knew why I called in - I was not out at work because I worked in a pediatric facility and I was not comfortable with people knowing my orientation (for exactly this reason. Im certain the reason I was treated this way was bcause I was truthful about why I was calling in. A coworker of mine called in four days in a row because she was in a poker tournament, and she kept winning and had to move on to the next round the following night. When she finally lost, she called in because she was tired from the late night poker How's that for a call in excuse!)

[cmonkey]

I got a flat tire - multiple times in the same week

Whatever...

Okay, THAT one has actually happened to me. Oh, how it sucks. I almost miss my run-flat tires, er, hockey pucks.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Gas (i.e. flatulence)