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Here Are The 21 Worst Excuses To Miss Work, Like Ever

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Everyone needs a day off, now and then. Unfortunately, unless you work for some hippie company that allows mental health days, getting a break from the daily grind requires some subterfuge. Weirdly, every company seems to have staff who either don't care or aren't smart enough to come up with a plausible excuse. So we've all worked with people who tried to get away with weird, dumb, or transparent reasons for not showing up.

For example ...

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After fanding out that I made the day's coffee with the bleached coffee flters, a new-age coworker insisted on going home, because she just knew she w

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A oeworker once called in that he wouldn't be leaving his house that day because his shoelace snapped. He insisted this was: a bad omen: CRACKEDoO

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A coworker said he couldn't make it to work because his grandmother died. It was the third time he used this excuse. CRAGKEDONN

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CRACKED COM NOT IN SERVICE Trsning Vatertor a 0662 The bus didn't come by! It must not be running! he insisted. W.Cleveland Of course, the coworker

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After spending weeks yapping about his excitement about the release of DISENCHANTMENT my coworker called in on the day it came out, complaining that h

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Here Are The 21 Worst Excuses To Miss Work, Like Ever

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A colleague told our boss that he was expecting a package from Amazon and couldn't come to work. amazon

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CRACKED GOM Recently, my colleague told our boss that he couldn't come to work because he wanted to camp out at an Apple store to get the new iP.hone.

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CRAGKEDON Our receptionist once said she couldnt come to work because of a bad hair day.

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My coworker once told our boss he couldn't go to work because of his younger sister's wedding... ...he is an only child. CRACKEDCO

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One of my coworkers claimed he couldn't come to work because his new tattoo hurt. MOM 17 The rest of the office figured he must have gotten at least a

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One of my colleagues claimed she couldn't come to work because the power was out and she couldn't get through her gate.

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A guy from work called in sick with back pain, then was caught hanging out at the beach. His excuse: MY DOCTOR SAiD TO LiE FLAT ON A SOFT SURFACE TO

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A coworker asked to leave work early because his girlfriend just won concert tickets for a show that was starting in a few hours. The boss said no. JF

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A COWORKER TOOK THE DAY OFF BECAUSE SHE ACCIDENTALLY CRACKED.COM SCoTCH BRAND CELLULOSE TAPE TRIMS FRINGES CUT HER OWN BANGS ...AND HAD TO FIND SOME

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DUDERR my Car? where's A colleague told my boss that she couldn't come to work because she got wasted, the night before, and couldn't remember where s

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heard a co-worker say she couldn't CRAGN come to work because the ending of Avengers: Infinity War left her too depressed.

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CRACKEDCON 10:48 ie Samei s A coworker said he couldn't come to work because his phone had 2ufesernen a acett e the wrong day and thought it was still

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A colleague, who had recently relocated from Los Angeles, called in sick at the first sign of bad weather, stating that in LA, e don't drive when it

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I scratched a pimple on my head and it gave me a migraine. Our office clerk used that excuse once to explain why she couldn't come to work.

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My coworker said he couldn't make it to work because his dog ate his car keys.

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