Wednesday's Excuse

on Thursday

Two words that automatically invoke sympathy on the part of anyone:

Root Canal.

Wednesday Excuse on a Thursday

I don't know about you but 4 day workweeks throw my schedule out of whack. I love the 3 day weekend that comes along with it. Unfortunately, when I arrive at work on Tuesday, my brain says Monday. So even though its Thursday, I'm feeling Wednesday. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

Wednesday's Excuse

Last week, I was trying to find a good excuse while at the Mid-Town Station Coffee House and Wine Bar in Sumner. The owner promised that she would have a good excuse for me this week. So here it is:

I couldn't make it in because I was eating caramel cheesecake.

Hey, I don't make the excuses, I just report them.

Wednesday's Excuse-Late Edition

So I’m sitting at the Mid-Town Station Coffee House and Wine Bar. We just call it the Mid-Town. Great restaurant by the Sound Transit Station in scenic downtown Sumner, Washington. The nice thing about a city like Sumner is that you tend to run into people that run the small businesses that are the backbone of our country. The Mid-Town is where a lot of them hang out. It’s also a good place to get some free Wi-Fi access, a great Northwest cup of coffee and half price nachos during happy hour.

As I’m sitting here, I run into one of the local business owners. He asks what I’m doing. I tell him, “It’s Wednesday and if I don’t get a real life work excuse posted on my Blog, I’ll have to post a Thursday’s excuse for not posting a Wednesday excuse which will make two excuses in one week.” It was obvious he didn’t get it. That’s ok. So I asked one of the servers for a good excuse she has used. Probably wasn’t a good idea. After all, if it works, you don’t want to clue your boss in who might be reading this Blog. We agreed to invoke the attorney-client privilege. So her excuse is, “I never call in sick unless I’m really sick.” Nothing. Undeterred, my server asked the cook. Still nothing. I’m starting to get a little desperate. Then I remembered, I had an excuse just in case I ran into a problem. It’s not great, but here’s Wednesday’s excuse:

I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at Wal-Mart.

By the way, if you happen to drop in at the MidTown, tell them you read about them on Rod the lawyer's Blog.

Wednesday’s Excuse

“I won't be able to come in today. It seems that I have some unknown contagious disease; but I'll be fine on Monday."

Wednesday’s Excuse

This is an excuse that will only work in the rainy Pacific Northwest:

“Dude, it’s sunny outside and I’m Vitamin D deficient!”

Wednesday's Excuse

Can't make it in. I have a chance of filling in for someone on jury duty.