Wednesday’s Excuse

I can't come into work today...my spirit guide says work is for losers!

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Wednesday’s Excuse

It’s really not that hard to come up with an acceptable reason to miss work. You don’t have to go to extremes. Take the example of the man in Pasco, Washington who decided he didn’t want to go to work because of possible drug testing. Most people would come up with an excuse such as “grandma died,” “I have the flu”, or even “I just feel under the weather.” In most instances, these work, but our hero in Pasco apparently just did not think that would be good enough. His solution was to have his friend shoot him in the shoulder and tell the police that he was the victim of a drive by shooting. Later he would admit to police this was all an effort to get time off of work to avoid an upcoming drug test.

Two things come to mind:

1. What was he thinking?
Anyone who would agree to shoot you so you can miss time from work is not someone you want to trust with a gun and any employee that would do something of this nature certainly gives the impression that their judgment is clouded by something.

2. This is my story and I’m sticking to it.

Like you mom used to tell you: “Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we first begin to deceive.” Here our buddy will not only be missing time from work, he has been charged with false reporting and his friend is charged with reckless endangerment.

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Wednesday’s Excuse

“I was upset because my favorite American Idol contestant was voted off.”

Wednesday's Excuse

"Got something going on tonight and I quit. Next week, I will go apply at Pizza Hut. Hey, can I keep the hat?"

Wednesday's Excuse

Employee: I don't have a ride into work.
Employer: You live 2 blocks away.
Employee: Yeah, but it is supposed to rain tonight.
Employer: I will drive you back home.
Employee: That's OK...I don't want to bother you.

I can hear all the employer's thinking, "Yeah. Thanks for being so thoughtful. Now I get to scramble at the last minute to find someone to do your job because YOU didn't want to be a bother!" In all fairness to the employees, I am sure there are stories out there of employers that weren't the least bit sympathetic under the worst of conditions.

Wednesday's Excuse

It was a really hot day, causing the molecules on the surface of the road to expand, with a significant resultant increase in the distance between my home and work.

Obviously, science was an area of expertise to the this employee.