Every workplace has an employee who really does not want to be there. This is often reflected in the employee's absence levels and the excuses that are given for these absences.
Blogger Jay Shepherd writes about the excuses that one particular employee has given for her absences on his website Gruntled Employees.
Some of the excuses that this employee gave must have made her employer question how genuine they were, including "my cat is in traction following an unknown injury", "my kids had a total meltdown and I just could not get them into the car (resulting in 14 late arrivals)" and "it snowed: kids refused to get into car until they were allowed to play in the snow for a while".
This prompted me to do some research of my own. And I have compiled my list of favourites, although I am not sure if all of these have been used as excuses or if they are potential ones for employees to use if they are looking for an excuse:
I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy, but I know we have that deadline to meet…
I broke my leg while snowboarding off my roof while drunk
I can't get my car out of the garage
Can you think of anymore?
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Comments (1)
If you are going to be absent from the office, it is important to get your out-of-office email response right.
Posted by mark crail | July 5, 2007 9:48 AM
Posted on July 5, 2007 09:48