Some people get REALLY creative when giving excuses to get out of work. We’ve ALL heard them, and we’ve all had to hold back that urge to roll our eyes.
People online are sharing the funniest excuses they’ve heard someone use to leave work early. And here are the highlights:
1. “They need to leave because their dog locked their son out of the house.”
2. “They couldn’t come to work because their reflection looked ‘judgy’ that morning, and they needed a mental health day to ‘repair their relationship with the mirror.'”
3. “They needed to leave because their cat as having an existential crisis, and wouldn’t stop meowing.”
4. “Their kid got a pea stuck up his nose.”
5. “Their parrot got out of its cage and was chasing their wife around the house.”
6. “They needed to leave early because their car was low on gas.”
7. “Their goldfish was drowning. And then they walked out before the manager could process the physics of that statement.”
8. “They worked from home, but had to leave an online meeting because a squirrel fell down their chimney and was in their house.
9. “Their friend’s dog died. She wasn’t going to comfort her, she just needed some time to herself to process the loss.”
10. “A guy called out because he got lost in the woods all weekend, and didn’t get back until, like, 4:00 A.M. Monday morning.”
11. One person said, “I frequently say, ‘I have a casserole in the oven,’ and just leave, parties, weddings, events, work, it doesn’t matter. I think it’s from the movie ‘Over the Hedge’ or something. I check my watch, and say, ‘I have a casserole in the oven,’ and leave. Works every time.
12. One person said, “Their wife said he had to come home immediately. Everyone was concerned. Then, later, he walked back into work and said his wife was on the radio, and won $500 because she was able to convince him to leave work immediately (without telling him it was a radio contest).”
(Buzzfeed)
