"My fish is sick!" - excuses for missing work

[Lara Mills]

Everyone does it at some point... they wake up to start the work day and think "I can't be bothered", and so they create an elaborate tale to assure their boss that they are ill.

The Daily Mail released an article about sick-days, revealing that:

"Six out of ten bosses don't believe employees when then call in sick."
and that
"The average person has skived off work on four occasions in their life to date."

Sounds pretty terrible, right? Wait until you see the excuses given...

• A can of baked beans landed on my big toe
  
• I was swimming too fast and smacked my head on the poolside
  
• I've been bitten by an insect
  
• My car handbrake broke and it rolled down the hill into a lamppost
  
• My dog has had a big fright and I don't want to leave him
  
• My hamster died
  
• I've injured myself during sex
  
• I slipped on a coin
  
• I've had a sleepless night
  
• My mum has died (this was the second time the person used this excuse)
  
• I am hallucinating
  
• I am stuck in my house because the door is broken
  
• My new girlfriend bit me in a delicate place
  
• I burned my hand on the toaster
  
• The dog ate my shoes
  
• My fish is sick
  
• I swallowed white spirit
  
• My toe is trapped in the bath tap
  
• I'm in A&E as I got a clothes peg stuck on my tongue
  
• I drank too much and fell asleep on someone's floor - I don't know where I am
  
• My trousers split on the way to work
  
• I'm using a new contact lens solution and my eyes are watering
  
• I have a blocked nose
  
• I've had a hair dye disaster
  
• I've got a sore finger

What is the worst excuse you've heard?

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[Amy Alison]

I said once I felt in my bath tube and I'm all bruised and in pain.
I just worn long trousers and a long sleeve shirt for a few days