Faking a cough sounds so boring compared to these sick day excuses. Here are the 2014 roundup of the year's most unbelievable excuses bosses have heard from employees. If they're to be believed, American workers got into some serious hijinks this year.
Here are the top excuses from their representative sample of 2,203 hiring managers and HR professionals across companies:
10. Employee just put a casserole in the oven.
9. Employee's plastic surgery for enhancement purposes needed some "tweaking" to get it just right.
8. Employee was sitting in the bathroom and her feet and legs fell asleep. When she stood up, she fell and broke her ankle.
7. Employee had been at the casino all weekend and still had money left to play with on Monday morning.
6. Employee woke up in a good mood and didn't want to ruin it.
5. Employee had a "lucky night" and didn't know where he was.
4. Employee got stuck in the blood pressure machine at the grocery store and couldn't get out.
3. Employee had a gall stone they wanted to heal holistically.
2. Employee caught their uniform on fire by putting it in the microwave to dry.
Years ago I had to miss my pathophysiology final -- basically the last thing standing between me and nursing school -- because we had an incident in my neighborhood and there was a SWAT team guarding my house. I was panicked, not because of the intruders on our block but because I wasn't going to get into nursing school! The cops wouldn't let me take a picture of them as proof for my professor, but I did get a handwritten note with a badge number from the one who was standing watch over my front door. Been a nurse for two years now and haven't called out yet...
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I've always wanted to JUST ONCE call in and when they ask 'Why?' say "I have anal glaucoma"... But, seeing as I don't call out, and, my current employer is pretty OK, I don't see that happening anytime soon- But one day, oh yes, One.Day... (cue evil laughter)
Okay, this isn't really crazy. A co-worker called in sick for a Sunday shift. The only problem was her call really didn't match the picture of her that was posted on facebook. She had told everyone she was going to the "big city" a 100 miles away for an outing on Saturday. Then she posted a picture of herself "dancing on a bar". And yes the bottom of the picture had a date and time stamp on it. Can you guess what it said? Yep, 0200 on that Sunday morning.
Ok, but hungover really is sick. Probably shouldn't have been out drinking if you know you have to work, but I certainly wouldn't want a hungover nurse, and wouldn't want to try nursing with a hangover. Just sayin'.
Okay, this isn't really crazy. A co-worker called in sick for a Sunday shift. The only problem was her call really didn't match the picture of her that was posted on facebook. She had told everyone she was going to the "big city" a 100 miles away for an outing on Saturday. Then she posted a picture of herself "dancing on a bar". And yes the bottom of the picture had a date and time stamp on it. Can you guess what it said? Yep, 0200 on that Sunday morning.
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A long time ago I was working in a retail store (think Target). I went outside got in the car and went to unlock my steering wheel. It wouldnt budge. I had to ring work and say "Look, I'm really sorry my steering wheel lock that I bought in store is stuck. Flatmate is currently trying to hammer it off, but will be in as soon as possible"
Fortunately I had the busted steering wheel lock to prove it.
Accidently got on a plane...WHAT?
AmyLynnTesch
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OMG I need to use that one!!