Getting Out of Work - [website] Published: 9th of Jun 2011 by: (c) Staff Training Reporter
We all have those days where we’re overtired, hungover or just plain lazy and don’t feel like coming in to work, but having to think up excuses to not come in can prove a nightmare if you aren’t thinking straight.
That’s why the good people at Listverse.com have compiled a list of reasons for you to stay in bed, go play that game of golf, or do whatever it is you like to do when playing hooky.
1. The water company has to read my meter once a year and this was the only time they would come.
2. The gas company has to read my meter once a year and this was the only time they would come.
3. The water meter guy and the gas meter guy were both leaving cards on my door about me not being home, and they got into a fight about whose meter was better, and I have to go home and clean up.
4. My daughter is graduating from high school and I’d like to go to the ceremony.
5. My daughter is receiving a Nobel Prize and I’d like to go to the ceremony. (Do not use within one month of #4).
6. I have to pick up my car at the shop. If I don’t get there in half an hour it’ll be locked up all weekend.
7. I have to get my car to the shop. If I don’t get it there in half an hour it’ll be locked out all weekend. (Don’t use if boss seems wide-awake).
8. A friend of mine is dying and I have to go to the hospital.
9. A friend of mine has died and I have to go to the funeral parlour.
10. A friend of mine is being reincarnated and I have to go to the zoo.
And if these don’t do it for you there’s another 89 reasons for you to stay at home on their website…
