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

[BanoraWhite]

I once called in because a family member of mine (suffering mental issues) came to my work the night before and attacked my car with an axe in the middle of the night, totalling it, almost right outside the front door of the facility.

And you know what ? I called in the next day telling them that obviously I had some issues I had to sort out regarding the police, family member and the car, and the woman who was on the night before when it happened, who saw it happen said I was lying to management.

I quit not long after. It was the final nail in the coffin. Turns out she had told others she didn't like me and wanted to see me gone to free up more shifts for her.

[wooh, BSN, RN]

But I had to show proof my school; why wouldn't an employer require the same?

Because I'm a grown-up and if you trust me so little that you want a note from my mommy then you shouldn't have me on your payroll.

[wooh, BSN, RN]

One time I called and said I was going to be late because I couldn't find my keys. Turns out I left them hanging in the door when I came home from a particularly grueling shift in the morning.

Luckily I found them and made it on time. :)

I was late once because I had to stop for gas on the way to work. I was in a rental, and first parked on the "wrong side" to pump the gas. Then get that situated, and took forever finding the gas door open switch. Then finally get the gas pumped and somehow my seatbelt and jacket got stuck in the door getting back into the car, and I couldn't get the car door back open to get them out. Now I had left early enough to get gas, but not early enough for that ordeal!

[wooh, BSN, RN]

These are hilarious! A girl called into my old job one time b/c her truck had been "stolen". Turns out, she was at a party and parked the truck somewhere and then the next morning she forgot where she left it and just assumed someone stole it:rolleyes:

I got worried that my car had been stolen at work. I couldn't find it in the parking deck. I spent almost 45 minutes looking for it before I finally found it! (And that wasn't even drunk!)

[TwilightRNurse]

We had a nurse who's Grandmother died about once a year and she needed off to attend the out of town funeral. She was working different floors. One year it caught up to her and she was terminated. I often wondered if her Grandmother was still alive and what she would have to say about it?

[belgarion]

Living in Texas, I can completely see this as an actual excuse. They take FOREVER and the temp could climb way past 90 in the house!

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%.

[pielęgniarka, RN]

Took a call in once, the nurse had gone tanning the day before (tanning bed) and stayed in there too long. She was screeching and bawling on the phone "I can't even wear any clothes it hurts so bad!!"

Took a call from a nurse with laryingitis. I couldn't understand what or who was on the phone initially so I kept hanging up, thinking it was a prank call (creepy whisper). Then her neighbor or someone called a little later to explain. Apparently she had written it down and asked her neighbor to call in for her.

Also, had a call in from someone that thought she was in a "thyroid storm" and was on her way to the ER instead of work. It just made me laugh, sounded funny at the time but it ended up being partially true, she did have something going on with her thyroid.

I guess these are pretty legitimate but still bizarre...

[POTR]

Hmmm...

I have had a flat tire multiple times in a row when I was a young and starving student and couldn't just afford to go buy a new tire (or set) at the drop of a hat (or nail as the case may be). Trying to manage a slow leak with no money can really be a pain.

My father had to call off work once to take me to the UCC, long after I was grown. I was visiting after getting out of the Army and I had just spent the entire night sitting on his couch having the first asthma attack I had experienced since I was 11 or 12. I couldn't talk and definitely couldn't ambulate without his help. My O2 sat was

Insomnia? Yeah. Migraines? Yeah. Neck, back, shoulder, arm, leg, and everything else pain? Yeah. I'm a constant 6/10 (who said that doesn't exist ) while taking Hydromorphone. Without it, 10/10 just doesn't sound 'bad' enough. For those who have never had chronic pain, I can guarantee that you will never understand it fully. A broken bone and a cast for a while can be a maddening experience for most, just from the itch that they can't scratch. But that is over when when the cast is gone. Chronic pain isn't a simple little itch, and there isn't any cast to take off to make it go away. You can't sleep when you can't stand to lay down, so you read until you can't stand sitting, then your up and working on something because you can't lay or sit, and it goes like this until you're so tired that you crash for hours and nothing wakes you up. Which means that much more pain for not moving for however many hours. If you're lucky and in tune with what's going on with you, you can basically schedule your crash so it won't interfere with work. But not always, so, if I say I don't feel like working, I really don't feel like working.

So, I am personally inclined to accept some of those silly excuses at face value. Even though I rarely, if ever call off work.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

"i'm in jail." (caught her husband in bed with her sister and shot him in the gluteus maximus.)

"i'm stuck in my seatbelt." turned out this one was true. she was in the parking garage and had her scrub top stuck in the clasp of her seatbelt and couldn't get out of it. a bunch of us went out and cut her out of her seatbelt.

"i think it's going to snow, and i have bad tires." (three times in one month.)

"my car broke down. i'm stranded." every sunday morning or saturday night shift.

this one was true -- "i got drunk and went home with some guy i met in a bar, and he stole my car, my purse and my clothes."

or how about this one: "do you need any overtime? i'll work it." turns out he was in jail on work release -- could get out of jail to go to work, but otherwise locked up. he worked about 72 hours a week for the six months of his sentence.

i sympathize with the dead dog excuses -- i called in when my dog died because i was too much of a mess to work.

[Poi Dog]

I have called in to tell my work that I am running late due to a stuck garage door. (rolleyes). I eventually made it in 1 hour late. I am not sure whether or not they believed me.

[belgarion]

We used to make the joke about a coworker that his grandfather must have been a cat. You know, nine lives?

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

This is not a joke:

Had a CNA once call off because she pooped herself in the parking lot outside work. First, she called in and said she was sick and was going home to "freshen up a bit." Then she called again and said she was going to wait a half hour for the pepto to work so it wouldn't happen again. Finally, four hours into an eight hour shift, she called and said "Its not worth coming in today anyway".

I work nights, and as the daylight shift was arriving the next morning I greeted them all with "Hello (insert name), nice to see you could make it in, didn't poop yourself or anything on your way to work."

That particular CNA had call off issues and was let go. Too bad, she never got to come in and find the briefs I left in her locker.