Fake Excuses For Work
By mean_queen
@mean_queen (1713)
Malaysia
June 20, 2007 8:47am CST
These excuses might sound really lame, but they are NOT 'fake' at all. As a matter of fact, these excuses were dug up by CareerBuilder.com in a recent survey and there were actual people who used these excuses for work. I was reading Readers Digest the other day and it stated that one out 5 employees admit to making up fake excuses. Continue on to read the TOP 10 excuses that people have actually used. And why not share your excuses that you've used on your employer. I haven't stepped into the working world yet, but as soon as I do, I might just use excuse #8! LOL!
1. I dreamt that I had been fired, so I didn't bother to get out of bed.
2. I had to take my cat to the dentist.
3. I got all the way to the office and realized I was still in my pajamas and had to go home to change.
4. I saw that you weren't in the office, so I went out looking for you.
5. I couldn't find the right tie, so I had to wait for the shops to open to buy one.
6. My son tried to flush our ferret down the toilet and I needed to tend to it.
7. I ran over a goat.
8. I stopped for a muffin, the shop was robbed and the police required everyone to stay for questioning.
9. A bee flew in my car and attacked me and I had to pull over.
10. I wet my pants and went home to change.
So, care to share your own fake excuses??Thanks a bunch guys~!;)
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16 responses
@buzzmonster (250)
• Australia
20 Jun 07
I used the wrong medication for my dihorrea?
Does that count? :P
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
No way~! Haha.. Okay, cool~! Maybe, just maybe I might have the guts to use that one. :P
Thanks for sharing.. :D
@buzzmonster (250)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
What makes you think that i've never tried it before? :P
Employers are too embarrassed to ask the tough questions! That's the key to getting away with it!
@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 07
11. I got my period and I stopped at the convenient store to get tampons but they ran out of tampons.so i went to another, and they ran out of tampons too!can u believe it! and i had to stop at 20 convenient stores before i got myself some tampons and...it was too late!hahahahahhaha
ok,bad excuse
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
Hahaha~! I like that one! That's actually pretty good~! Maybe I'll just stop at 10 convenient stores rather than 20.. LOL~!!
@nageswari75 (675)
•
20 Jun 07
These sound really lame.I can't believe someone would use excuse no.10!!:)and I am sure those employers would not have believed them either:)but makes a funny read though.
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 07
LOL~! I know, doesn't it just sound ridiculous.. But don't be surprised. Only 35% of employers actually say that the DON'T believe these excuses. So I have no idea what the remaining employers think~! :P
@321633wy (1795)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I'm not shocked when comes to those hilarious fake excuses in order to skip from work ..:)I had heard so much all kinds of excuses the very common excuses that " my car has problem ,for some reason it wont get started" or "My car broke down on my way to work".....
I don't remember i had an fake excuses for work in my history but i'm sure i have done this before when i was very young when i have my first boyfriend.I rememder that i had made up an excuses for not going to work just because my boyfriend invited me to go for concert with him .Because it takes three hours drive to the concert therefore i can't go to work if i wanted to go with him.:)
Fortunately i haven't done this for many years and i don't think i want to do it again because i don't want lose my job.
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
Haha~! Yeahh, I've used that 'my car had a problem' excuse one too many times whenever I was late for something. Nowadays I just tell the truth. People are getting bored with the same old lame excuse.. :P
@Stryker14 (138)
• Qatar
20 Jun 07
If I feel that I will be or want to be late or I don't want to go to my location I usually use fake excuses like, my car broke down, I have a flat tire, I get myself dirty on the way, and I even used that I was trapped inside the elevator and the help arrive in after 4 hrs. All of them work for me and they let me rest at our office or send me to other location to go for duty.
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
LOL.. Yeah, I've used that too.. Not the lift excuse though. This discussion is starting to give me ideas! *evil grin*
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I've never used a fake excuse to call out sick from work except the old standby "I don't feel so well."
I did once have to call for my little sister, she had bad tonsils, and when she got sick they would get these little black sores all over them and get all pus covered. so she obviously couldn't work, nor could she speak. it was a sunday, i called her out, told them she was going to the doctor on monday morning, had an appointment and would bring in a note.
Monday morning rolls around, the store manager calls demanding that I bring her the note that we got from the doctor yesterday. I told her that she was told the day before that my sister was going to the doctor Monday, NOT Sunday and that I would bring the not by after the appointment. She accused me of lying and making up excuses because my sister didn't want to come to work.
So after the doctor's appointment, I delivered the note, accompanied by my sister. Who was happy to open her mouth for the manager to show off her pus covered tonsils, and who made sure to cough in the womans face while she was looking.
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@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 07
Eewwww... Well, serves her right! lol.. Your poor sister had to be dragged all the way to work just because her boss didn't believe she was sick.. Does your sis still work there? I guess next time it'll be easier to come up with an excuse for the boss. Maybe she'll be more lenient. Thanks for sharing~! :)
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
20 Jun 07
No. She ended up being fired for extensive absences. The manager conveniently misplaced every doctor's note my sister had (she had one for every absence). Fortunately, we had copies that were sent to the store owner (it was a McDonalds) and the store manager got a reprimand and my sister was invited back. She declined.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
i never really use fake excuses to free myself from coming to work unless if i am really desperate... and the one that i will use is usually sick... the classic 'i'm not feeling well' thing... :-) that's all...
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
22 Jun 07
Yeah I guess that the most used excuse. I've done that a lot of times for classes as well. I just give the lecturer an MC that you can buy at some clinics.. :P I guess some people don't wanna use the classic 'sick' excuse anymore, so they come up with a new lamer excuse that's unheard of~! LOL.. I'm just guessing.
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
oh gee now they are so lame, no employer would believe them. i think the excuse i would use is i have to go somewhere because family emergency or something. atleast tyr and make sound real lol. but i havent had to use excuses. not yet anyway
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
22 Jun 07
LOL~! They are but most 75% of the employers actually do believe it~! Go figure.. Hopefully you'll never need to use any of the 10 excuses. lol.. Thanks for responding. :)
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 07
Were these excuses that you just made up, or have you actually used them on your boss?? 'Cause that bus excuse was pretty good.. I'd use that myself.. lol..
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
LOL~!! I guess that's why we need excuses, huh..? We just can't tell the truth as it is! :P Thanks for responding~!
@fatragu (677)
• United States
21 Jun 07
I have never called into work when I haven't actually been sick and then I still had to go in because they told me that if I liked my job I would get off my butt, quit faking and come to work. I was a short order cook at the time and spent most of the time in the bathroom. My hubby called in sick to work after our 2nd daughter was born last year and told his boss that my stitches had split and I had to go to the doc and they told me that I had to stay in bed all day so he had to take care of me, our newborn, and our 1yr old. I asked him if he had to work and then he told me what he used for an excuse and that I couldn't leave the appartment for the day. I have had a friend of mine use me as an excuse for not going to work because I was "out of town" and couldn't watch her son. I told her the next time she needed to find someone else to use as a scapegoat because I don't like having to hide out in my house so that someone else doesn't get in trouble.
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
Wow.. Good for you~! I always admire people like you~! Thanks for sharing.. :)
@FabGrandma (54)
• United States
21 Jun 07
I was late to work one time because my son caught a large fish and I had to clean it before I left for work. My boss didn't think it was a good reason to be late, but my son was only 5 years old and I could not let his fish ruin before I could cook it for him.
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
Well don't be too surprised addjust~! The survey showed that only 35% employers did NOT believe the excuses given. So the other 65% actually bought it~! Just goes to show that you might just be able to fool your boss.. :P
@yammydudes (865)
• Philippines
21 Jun 07
I remember somebody told me that 90% of failures is due to excuses!. I believe that If there's a will, there is a way.
@mean_queen (1713)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 07
Haha.. Really??! It worked? Well, I guess it didn't sound too lame from the rest of the bunch. Like #10~! I think I could use that one too once I'll be working, depending how big my department is though~! lol..
@AnoChaudhary (1719)
• India
21 Jul 07
LOL all of them make sense to me! the one i liked was one i found somewhere else heres it
'I'm late for work because the train driver had an out of body experience and didn't come back for a day and a half.... LOL
