what are the common excuses for being absent in school/office?

@cainam (493)
Philippines
June 8, 2009 11:59pm CST
i usually say to my employer that i have a bad stomach and i will not be able to make it to work that day. sometimes it is not true and everytime that it's really true i feel guilty and felt that i'm having a bad karma.
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@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I use that reason too all the time because it doesnt require a medical certificate the next day. Also, it can happen anytime and overnight unlike fever and the like.
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@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 09
My common excuses that i usually use for being absent in my school or work are i get fever or head ache.I also use that excuses but my teacher is too smart for it because they also already study at school like us too.I just do it for avoid get hard punish from my teacher.
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@heathcliff (1415)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Diarrhea is always good! The one I hated as a boss was "sun poisoning", because I KNEW it as being used as an excuse for a hangover! Heck, just tell me the truth, I don't care.
@britt_200 (1226)
• United States
9 Jun 09
oooooooo i use the stomach one too! cuz you know no employer wants a person in the office thats going to puke everywhere! i usually say ive been puking all night but im trying to make it in!! lol then theyre like ok well try but if you cant...lol and im like uhhhhhh ok lol thats funny!
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
9 Jun 09
Sick is the first reason I thinking of when I can't attend to my work. Even if I'm not really sick, those reason still come out from my mouth. It's the best reason I can thinking of because almost every body will feel empathy for you when you are sick. It will create smooth reaction, different when I use family-even reason, it will create more sharp reaction.
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• India
9 Jun 09
See in my case you can consider me as dictionary of excuses and what i think it shoul be as per situation of person should be realistic ,same excuse everytime cant work: some excuses which i made are: 1.Registration of house 2.fever 3.unexpected guest 4.appointment of doctor. 5.pooja at home 6.some boy is coming to meetme with marriage praposal(can be used very easily when ur bachlor) 7.marriage of sister/brother. etc such many excuses can be there
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
Well the most common would be toothache. That usually works in high school but i don't know if that will work at the office. lol! I think they're too smart for that besides, as an adult, they assume you can cope up with toothache. I think your best bet would be dysmenorhea. I'm not sure but i guess it works for ladies right? Especially if you boss is male because they won't know how you're feeling so they have no idea about the pain you're going through.
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