19 Funny Excuses People Used to Call Out of Work

The worst part of being alive is having to work, which explains why people are constantly searching for new reasons to play hooky. You can’t blame them for growing tired of being a cog in the machine. But you can blame them for coming up with the worst excuses imaginable for not showing up to the office. Case in point: A Redditor mentioned that one of his employees is late every day, and is constantly spinning tales to get a day off. So far, in fact, her house has burned down twice. She definitely needs to take better pride in her desire to not work. 

Other Redditors have recalled the funniest excuses people had for calling out of work, and someone should really teach a class on best practices here.