Sickness Excuses
Browsing through a national newspaper here in the UK, I came across an article that I found amusing and felt it worth sharing. Hence this page of excuses not to go in to, or be late for, work. The findings were taken from a survey by ICM pollsters for Andrews (Liver) Salts
  • I'm ill because I accidentally ate a tulip bulb at a barbecue thinking it was an onion.

  • My street had to be evacuated.

  • My rabbit was sick.

  • I can't afford to buy a watch yet.

  • I thought it was Saturday.

  • I forgot I had a job.

  • The Big Breakfast team came to visit my house this morning.

  • I thought my father had died, but he was just sitting very still.

  • My alarm did not go off because the puppy ate through the wire.

  • I lost my toothbrush and couldn't come to work with dirty teeth.

  • We had a snowdrift and the frontdoor fell off its hinges.

  • A fox crept into my van and I had to call the RSPCA to get it out.

  • I'm allergic to coleslaw and ate some by accident.
Those with less imaginative minds (around 24 per cent) used ill health as their excuse. Eighteen per cent admitted they were too hung over to get to work, while fourteen percent said they had to attend a family funeral. (One boss commented; " One man seemed to have about ten grandmothers.").
On health, backache still ranks high on the list of excuses most frequently used. Food poisoning, flu, migraines, bad weather and the dog dying are also routinely given.
Check out also, the most popular days of the week on which to be sick at Sickness Trends just to complete the story.

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