At a place I was working at in 1999, someone once phoned in sick saying "I think I've got that Millenium bug that's been going round".

Two years ago, a colleague decided to phone in sick saying he'd been struck by lightning, in the middle of a great spell of weather, and there hadn't been a thunderstorm anywhere around at all.

Well, at least some of those reasons could happen. Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk? That stuff doesn't come off. The rangers said to bathe in tomatoes/sauce, but HELLO!!! Where does one get a bathtub full of TOMATO? I was not going to the grocery store like that. Besides, where I work, HR will come to you and let you know that if you need help with your personal hygiene to please see Employee Assistance. I work for an insurance company, lots of people total their vehicles hitting cows.

The reason so many people play hookie, is because there's no longer "personal days" in the workplace. Only sick or vacation. And often, both sets of hours are in the same bank. (You get 40 hours of vacation, but if you're out a day, you're now down to 32 vacation hours...)

Why don't they just say they have a vision problem!
They are in a situation in which they can't see themselves coming to work today-- Works for me!!

But there is also a huge problem with people going to work when they are sick. They both delay there own recovery (and work with greatly diminished productivity while working sick) and increase the spread of infectious colds/flus to co-workers.

I worked in a deli that had signs hanging in it that stated that if you were sick, you weren't allowed to work. Makes sense, but management didn't REALLY see eye-to-eye with that. Good luck trying to go home before lunch hour just because you had the sniffles.

We have a sickline & I always just say, "I won't be coming in to work today." I don't make anything up...my boss thinks that's a good enough reason...besides my work ethic prevents me from staying home b/c I'm "sick" of work. It does not however, prevent me from looking at websites all day. =o)

How about "I choked on a pretzel, collapsed, hit my head,fell unconcious and I'm sorry but I won't be able to run the country today...".

I don't think all of these excuses are so dubious. Several of them have actually happened to me: a) an automobile accident b) getting mugged c) my cat didn't unplug my alarm clock, but he walked on it an changed the settings (the buttons are on the top), and I didn't know it until I slept late the next day d)the bus I was riding to work broke down. The last two didn't make me absent from work all day, just late for work.

The skunk one isn't so fantastic. Obviously you haven't smelled the results of a skunk squirting someone. up close it is a nauseating, eye-tearing smell. A dead skunk can leave an overpowering, nauseating, eye-tearing smell for over six weeks. Rain doesn't wash it away! Someone who got squirted by a skunk _should_ stay home sick!

i am currently at one of my jobs... and will be (in one and a half hours) headed off to my second job. and its beautiful and sunny out. so i was scanning websites to find a reason to call outta work... and i read another page that reccomended "my mom is sick" sounds great. its unusual. and works for me aspecially bc my mom watches my son when im at my night job... so i guess i wont be going in tonight!

Hey, well if you want that your gonna have to have a bit of imagination and ALOT of skill, once you can do something that is difficult, hasnt been done before and you've perfected it. Name it and advertise it! Good Luck

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