sleeping on a monday morning
You wake up on a Monday morning lazily, look at the clock, curse the office for sometime and suddenly a familiar idea pops up in your mind.
You don’t want to go to the office today, you want a leave. You want to relax today and continue the mood of your weekend. You get a doubt that this weekend got over quicker than the usual span of 2 days. But now your boss is a strict guy, he does not give you leave easily. He asks you too many questions when you ask him for a leave. What to do .. .. What to tell the boss?
Don’t worry, you’re not alone, many people take a day off to relax. Here are some highly convincing and specific excuses / reasons that you could use to get a leave for a day. But remember, the key thing is to fake confidently, be ready to answer a couple of expected questions from your boss. Just be confident! Read on..
- Not keeping well / sick
You are running high fever, cold accompanied with running nose(or sore throat). You may not be able to join work today. - Spouse / Children sick
This is an excuse that just can’t be turned down. The boss wouldn’t ask many questions too. - Parents in town
Tell your boss that your parents are in town to see you. That you have to pick them up from the station and take them to visit a doctor. - Severe headache / dizziness
Indirectly hint your boss that you have a burnout, too much stress in work. Two birds at one shot! - Fake Fracture / dislocation / muscle spasm / back sprain
You woke up in the morning to find that you have a spasm in ankle because of sleeping in a weird position. - Fake flu (viral fever) symptoms
I have symptoms of H1N1, it’s better I don’t come to office today as it may spread. - Family problems / personal reasons
Tell your boss that you need a leave for an extremely personal reason. - Dental appointment / ENT Doctor appointment
You have a sever toothache, you need to visit a dentist urgently. Or the dentist has given you an appointment today. - Urgent work – license renewal / met someone and got late
You have got an urgent work to do today. You tell him that you will try to reach the office after your work(but unfortunately get stuck in the work and get late). - Death of a non-existent relative
Don’t feel scrupulous to tell your boss that your relative(non-existent) died naturally. A grim excuse but use this as a trump card. - Important Bank Work, post office work
Tell your boss that you have got to do an important transaction your bank or (the offices which open only Monday to Friday). - Met with an accident and the other guy injured
Your car ran into someone accidentally, and the person is injured. You take him to the hospital, so you can’t go to office until you check the condition of that person. - Vehicle got stolen / vehicle ceased by traffic police
Your vehicle is missing since yesterday night, you are searching all the nearby places. Busy filing complaint in a police station. Or you parked your vehicle in a no parking zone yesterday night and that vehicle was towed by traffic police. You go to the place where it was moved to find that they have left for the day. You have to follow up with them and get your vehicle released. - House / car Loan verification
You took a bulky house/car loan. The bank guys tell you to stay home today for verification. You wait for them infinitely, and they don’t turn until the evening. - Food poisoning / stomach upset
You have symptoms of food poisoning due to the junk food you ate in a restaurant yesterday. You have nausea and diarrhea(euphemism for you know what). - Allergic Reaction to food
You have got an allergic reaction in your body because of eating mushrooms in a street-side Chinese restaurant. Your body is swollen and you have rash all over. Check the internet for more symptoms for food allergy. - Asthma attack / difficulty in breathing
You are an asthma patient and have difficulty in breathing. Unfortunately you get an attack owing to the cold climate. You can’t sit in an AC today. - Collect certificates from college
You haven’t collected your Degree certificate from your college. Your college calls you to take it or forget it forever. You rush to your college to get your certificates.
This article was written by Rahul S Bhagath. Rahul, is a software engineer based in Bangalore. Rahul loves to enjoy his weekends and hates Monday mornings.
Borrowed few excuses from Saching.com | Image Credit.
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