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

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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

Specializes in LPN, Peds, Public Health.

Or double up on the padding....

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My appologies. I guess I'm lucky. I'm one of those people who fall asleep before my head hits the pillow.:zzzzz

Me too..I can sleep anyway, anytime. :lol2:

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.
i feel a migraine coming on - this was a call at 3 pm for a 7 am shift... cripes... take some Imitrex and get on with it!

I can actually sympathize. If I don't sleep well prior to night shift, sometime I get severe migraines, to the point I start vomiting at work and end up going home.

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Specializes in Health Information Management.
i feel a migraine coming on - this was a call at 3 pm for a 7 am shift... cripes... take some Imitrex and get on with it!

I used to suffer incapacitating migraines that would last for well over 24 hours. They didn't respond to any of the triptans - in fact, Imitrex made my throat close up, which was terrifying - and they ate NSAIDs for lunch. The only thing I could do was curl up in a dark room with a bucket and pray for sleep. So when I had an aura, you bet I called in right away, so that my coworkers and manager would be prepared for my absence as far in advance as possible. Imitrex genuinely doesn't work for all migraines - would that it did! Oh well, at least mine are shorter and less frequent now that I'm in my 30s.

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Specializes in LTC.

The non-nursing job I used to work at, we had a girl who once called out with the excuse, "My mom died."

Weeks later we found out her mom didn't die as she called out again saying she was in a car accident and her mom signed the police report. And another incident when a customer(who she probably knew from outside of work) came in and said "oh hey how is your mom doing"

She didn't last too long.

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"My cousin's friend is having a baby, so I can't come in".

^ The same guy once went home for lunch and called in an hour later ...

"I'm out of gas I can't come back".

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Specializes in Addiction / Pain Management.

Working retail; the mom calls in for her son. "Jr can't go to work today, Hes in jail."

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True true... but it seems like there are crazy things happening to the same people over and over and over.... it is still pretty funny to hear some of them though... Like "I cant come to work today, I have to take my son to the Dr. No biggie, right? But we all know her children are grown :)

Very true. You can always tell who the repeat offenders are. I don't call in sick much. I get to take alot of time off, but I don't call in sick, very rarely, I've been blessed.

The year is almost half gone now, and I have not even taken one sick day this year so far. Now, cause I said that I'll get sick this week.

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Specializes in LTC, Home Health, Hospice.

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

My Mom, Not a Nurse, but would frequently call in to work since she never ever spoke to a live person, all she had to do was press 1 for sick 2 for car 3 for kids, she called in so many times I bought her a coffee mug for her desk that had the same thing written on it...it even had a coffin! OMG...ROTFL!:D

While working in the SNF, NOC Shift, I answered the phone as the CN was busy, It was the frequent "sick caller again" this time I called her bluff, it was Friday night (who wants to work anyhow right?) any way she says that she does not have a baby sitter for her 14yrold. I told her..again? why don't you just bring her to work with you, we could use the extra help!...my CN heard what I said....30 min later the CNA shows up, with her daughter in tow (She had help that night) we never got a sick call from her again!

Yes, I got yelled at, but at least the CNA stopped calling in cuz of no babysitter! Hay I was tired of working short, so I did what I felt like doing. :yeah:After all, they told me to answer the phone and handle what ever it was!:smokin:

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Specializes in Emergency.

I'm moving.

Well why didn't you pick a day you were off to move, or if you knew you had to move this weekend, request that weekend off before hand. Duh!

Next day, same person calls and says she has diarrhea.

Some air freshener for the new house :rolleyes:

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Specializes in LTC.

I would be so afraid to call out with those excuses. I am one to suck it up and go to work sick.

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Specializes in Mostly geri :).

Ok, I'm embarrassed to admit this, but one time I called off cuz I had a nasty case of the hiccupps that wouldn't go away. Another time, it was one degree, the door to my apt. building was frozen shut, and I literally was trapped inside. But, I usually have excellent attendance lol.

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