Best excuse for getting out of work.

[Bobby Bass]

What is the best excuse you have heard or used to get out of work? Several years ago I guy I knew who was a very very avid hunter called in sick to go deer hunting. He shot a very nice buck that day, but his picture was posted in the local paper and he was called to the office to explain. He simply stated that he had " buck fever" He got the day off and a few more with out pay but kept his job cuz he was at least honest about it. I have called in for my kids and taken them fishing, told the school it was a rec day. Was once called in to explain my action to principal. Told him that my son will learn more and remember the day of fishing more then that day of school. He agreed but requested that I did not call them in as "gone fishing" days.

[Animal]

I work as a senior manager for a fairly large organization. The best reason I've heard in my 25 years was from an employee who called in and reported that he had "Dutch Elm's Disease " and would be out of work for two weeks. In case some of you don't know what Dutch Elm's Disease is, it affects Elm trees and has completely decimated them in many cities. When I heard that he was striken with such a deadly illness I immeadiately called him, wished him well and asked for a doctors excuse. After a couple of days of waiting around and receiving no excuse I had one of our supervisors drop off a letter granting him two weeks off with no pay. The union didn't even gripe about my actions. This occured 15 years ago and even today we still have some laughs about that one.

[Surface Tension]

How about "Theres Something Wrong With My Eyes". I can't see going to work today.

I'll pull the kids out of school once in a while to take them fishing. No explanation required there.

[Dan Thiem]

Just tell the principle your kids are suffering from a severe case of jigginitis or fishing pox.

[CrappieJohn]

I don't know....whenever I want to do something other than work I am just plain "too healthy" to work.

[Random guy]

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How about "Theres Something Wrong With My Eyes". I can't see going to work today.

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The medical condition for that is-Rectal Glaucoma ( you don't see your butt going into work)

[FOOT]

Best one I heard was a guy who called in sick in November due to a flair up of his "Huntington's Disease" which is a real disease. He didn't have it, what he meant was he wanted to "hunt a ton".

Second best was a fellow that had attacks of Malaria. Didn't matter that he had never been outside the US. He used this for about 6 years before he was caught.

[Long Gray Line]

And those that don't understand the need for recuperative attitude adjustment periods probably suffer from Cranium Rectumitis.....

[Guest]

y'all using dem big words again.. I'm fixing on looking dem up in the dixionary

[fishnhooks]

"boss, I wanted to come to work today, but if you could see the look on my dogs face when I was going to leave... you could tell that he really wanted to go hunting today, so I won't be in."

"A buddy of mine is going ice fishing today, He said that he was going to drill 4 holes and he can only use 2. Someone might trip on the 2 unused holes, so I think I better go and keep an eye on them."

"hooks"

[BDR]

So nice to work for yourself!! I just have to work twice as hard tomorrow.

[Moose-Hunter]

Not really an excuse, but a "cute" little story along those lines...

An old employee of mine called me one thursday morning and told me some WAY OUT story about an "illness" he was coming down with. Highly contagious!! Wouldn't want the other folks in the department to get it too... How very thoughtful!! So, kind of knowing what was up, I agreed to the absence and told him "that's fine, but you've gotta take me with... A moment or two of dead silence... Then he came back with "Okay, I'll pick you up in an hour".

We ended up hitting the Iowa opener at his parents farm. Birds galore!! It's ended up being an annual trip for us.

[Guest]

No that is a classic. i want a boss like that.. haha

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Not really an excuse, but a "cute" little story along those lines...

An old employee of mine called me one thursday morning and told me some WAY OUT story about an "illness" he was coming down with. Highly contagious!! Wouldn't want the other folks in the department to get it too... How very thoughtful!! So, kind of knowing what was up, I agreed to the absence and told him "that's fine, but you've gotta take me with... A moment or two of dead silence... Then he came back with "Okay, I'll pick you up in an hour".

We ended up hitting the Iowa opener at his parents farm. Birds galore!! It's ended up being an annual trip for us.

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[Hemlock]

Not work, but back in college a few years ago. On the way to deer camp, I called one of my instructors from the cell phone,to let him know that I wouldn't be in class the rest of the week.(Wed-Fri) He asked me, "What about the test we have on Friday?" I hummed and hawed a little bit. I asked if I could take it over the phone...He agreed to it. By the time we were pulling into deer camp cell phone was starting to break up, and I had absolutely nailed my quiz.

Life was very good that year at deer camp. We still have a good chuckle over it.

[Jarrod32]

Many years ago, I called in sick once stating that "I have a bone in my leg". I was pretty good friends with the boss, and he knew what was up...it was a slow time at work, and as I was on hourly, it was just a day without pay for me...

[The Grebe]

"Amen!"

[Northlander]

BDR hows it going? Are you heading up to rainy river this fall? e-mail me some time.

[sightfisher]

Best Excuse:

"I Quit"

[Eric Wettschreck]

Yesterday one of the fellas that works for me called in to say his Hypochondriac was acting up and he wouldn't be able to make it in.

[End of the Line]

I just need a "Mental Health Day"!

[deeky]

Once knew a guy who stood up in a meeting and declared "I have an 11:00 emergency that I have to get to," and so had to leave the meeting. This was somewhere between 1 and 2:00 in the afternoon. We knew it was a major emergency with a response time like that.

[woodview]

Called into the secretary with a bug one morning, but my boss called one of the other guys from work on his cell phone who was also sick and asked to speak to me.

Told him it was absolutely deadly and the only known cure was fresh fish...

Could have gone over better

Also had to call in after an early morning outting with moronocitus-drivzus because the guy I was out with didn't fill the gas tank and only realized it after we'd spent a couple minutes trying to figure out what was wrong with the motor. Only one paddle along, man it looked like a lot of work, but sometimes the ultra-slow troll is dynamite!

Had a job when I was younger try to pull my week vacation about 4 days before our wyoming trip. Used sightfisher's excuse and when I got back I had a raise and an extra two days of vacation time for that year. Still not sure what happened on that one.