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

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

One of my nurses called in to say her car windows had been smashed by would-be thieves, so she couldn't come to work. Problem was, the previous day (Thursday) she told another nurse she would be taking the following day off...

[gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN]

my co-worker doesn't report to work for 2 days, doesn't even call, then comes back and says he couldn't get a signal where he was to inform us of his absence!

Is that even a legit excuse????

[bridezillatobe]

Got a speeding ticket and was too upset... the thing was, she was late getting to work, and she was on her way to work and driving too fast! (not nursing)

[jojofries2]

I had to laugh at some of these and it reminded me of a personal story from my youth. I worked at an ice cream shop and at the end of the summer I quit in order to take a small break before college started up. Well the people at the ice cream shop kept putting me on the schedule so I had to take drastic measures. I went into the attic and took out a knee brace and crutches that I had from a previous injury and crutched in to work and told them I would be unable to work for the rest of the summer. This worked beautifully until the following day when my parents went in to get ice cream and my boss asked them how my knee was doing! They got home later that day and were like, hey Joe how's your knee? And I was like, Oh shoot... To this day I do not understand how I thought this was a better solution than just telling them that I had quit and I wasn't coming in anymore. Sorry, I know that was a bit off topic.

[Tina, RN]

I had to laugh at some of these and it reminded me of a personal story from my youth. I worked at an ice cream shop and at the end of the summer I quit in order to take a small break before college started up. Well the people at the ice cream shop kept putting me on the schedule so I had to take drastic measures. I went into the attic and took out a knee brace and crutches that I had from a previous injury and crutched in to work and told them I would be unable to work for the rest of the summer. This worked beautifully until the following day when my parents went in to get ice cream and my boss asked them how my knee was doing! They got home later that day and were like, hey Joe how's your knee? And I was like, Oh shoot... To this day I do not understand how I thought this was a better solution than just telling them that I had quit and I wasn't coming in anymore. Sorry, I know that was a bit off topic.

LOL!!!

[BreeLPN2RN]

"I took a laxative last night and now I have diarhhea, so I can't come in"....

"I had a death in the family"...for the third time this year.

"My horse got out"....

[PetiteOpRN]

1. Doctor's appointment that I forgot about until RIGHT NOW.

2. I have to go see a therapist because management has issues with my anger.

3. (leaving in the middle of a shift) My boyfriend dropped me off this morning (in the parking garage three blocks away from the hospital instead of driving to the front door), and as soon as I got out of the car started having seizures, so he couldn't drive home, and he has been actively seizing in the car for the past several hours. Sitting in the car for hours in 93 degree weather. Walking distance from an ER. In a parking garage full of nurses who didn't see anything unusual. And he just called me to take him home. Instead of to the ER. While actively seizing.

[rosey2007cna]

"My uniform is in the drier" was what someone told me when I was a supervisor.

[paganoid]

Personal "Mental Health Day" call off: I'm really feeling too good to come in to work today. Sorry.

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I have a postcard on my desk that says, "I've used up all my sick days so today I'm calling in dead."

[rosey2007cna]

Personal "Mental Health Day" call off: I'm really feeling too good to come in to work today. Sorry.

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I have a postcard on my desk that says, "I've used up all my sick days so today I'm calling in dead."

I had a t shirt that said that lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luvmypatients]

Christmas Eve Morning, 15 minutes after her shift was to start. The call comes in. "I had diarrhea in my car".

[mamamerlee, LPN]

So many of these made me laugh.

But I once had a nose bleed that went on for hours - truly! It was on my day off!!!!

Finding a dead body? Youch.

One of my employees had someone else call in for him - the employee was in jail for domestic battery, and his wife wouldn't bail him out...