Top 10 Call In Excuses

I think a strong characteristic of a good manager is the ability to listen...so I asked my people...what they thought were good "Bad" excuses to call in.

The excuses poured out rapidly...I had to narrow down to 10!!!

If you have been around for a bit you may be able to identify who belongs to what excuse...drop a comment and see if you can connect the dots...be aware that some of these excuses come from former places of employment.

As a supervisor I think that all call in excuses are "bad"...these will be in white

As a person I understand that life happens...these thoughts will be in blue

As someone who has covered for some of these excuses...I think, well lets just say that I really value my personal time...and scowl at anyone who takes that from me!! These thoughts will be in red!!

Here we go!!!

#1. My cat died.
When Josh dies...I will call in...
I hate cats, they don't even qualify as animals...ewww

#2. The morning after you came in all dolled up to have drinks and announce that you were going out on the town...you call in to say "I'm sick"
I have been there...if you have to work the next morning, don't get waisted face if you can't handle waking up and doing your job the next day...
This is BS...you aren't sick you are hungover...or with a majority of my peeps...still drunk...call it like it is...

#3 I need to study
Been there...they are called all nighters
That is why we have availability that lets you choose how many days you want to work...and a request book so that you can ask off for additional days.

#4 I'm GAY...

Ok...so this is a spinn off story from another place...and I have to share. A friend of mine told her boss that she was calling in, but she didn't want to tell her why at that current time bc she didn't want to hear her judge her. She came into work the next day and told her why she called in only to hear her boss say..."oh I thought you were going to call in gay"...
CAN YOU DO THAT...was my friend's first question...and since I know you can...hmmmm

#5 My sphinkter broke last night
This is again borrowed from the same call inner as #4...I mean who is going to ask to see a doctor's note on that...NOT ME...and I am not going to ask on the status either

#6 I have surgery tomorrow
that stinks...who wants to have surgery
wait a second...they don't schedule surgeries for the next day...they schedule those days out...YOU KNEW

#7 It is a pretty day...I can't get out of bed
if you can't get out of bed today...don't worry about tomorrow either...no one wants a fair weather employee...hahaha get it
sorry...nothing humane about this

#8 My show is on tonight
TIVO BIATCHES
ok, with that being said...before I had TIVO I SERIOUSLY considered it a few times!! Then I realized you could watch Grey's Anatomy online later that night!

#9 I lost my tampon
the girl who gave me this excuse was so comfortable with saying it, that I wasn't so sure she had not used it before...I didn't want to ask then, and I am not going to elaborate now...ewwww

#10 I passed out somewhere...and I don't know where I am
PERSONAL PROBLEM...
and your next call needs to be to get some help from what ever it is that you are on...that is sad!!!

SO HERE IT IS PEOPLE...I AM STOKED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE GET THIS RIGHT!!!! COMMENT IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO THE EXCUSES BELONG TO!!!