Reasons for skipping work

Acidburn · 04-02-12, 05:20 PM

Whats people's best reasons/excuses for skipping work?

SteveT63 · 04-02-12, 05:41 PM

Being ill usually works well for me!

Acidburn · 04-02-12, 05:42 PM

yeah, only downsides is I loose my bonus's and nights wage plus there is only 2 of us working there so doubt they'd be happy. Tempted to say i've got a funeral to go to but I have to drive there....

crisarc · 04-02-12, 05:43 PM

death

rtz62 · 04-02-12, 05:58 PM

My second cousins 1st job was in a factory that made... skipping ropes! Honest!

He used to say he skipped (at) work everyday

yeti · 04-02-12, 06:32 PM

A couple of years ago it was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon in the middle of summer. I was supposed to be trekking up to Bradford to do a single night shift in a shop I hate. Sufficed to say, this wasn't a tempting prospect, so I phoned my boss up. He said "Now Steve, you're not going to give me some crap about how ill you are and how you can't make work tonight, because that's all I've had all day." I told him he knew me better than that, I wouldn't lie to him. He said he appreciated that, and he could rely on me for the truth, so asked what was up.

"I can't be arsed"

"You can't say that!!!!!!!!!!"

"I can lie to you if you want?"

Richie · 04-02-12, 07:03 PM

Best excuse we got was from the guy who ran our rigging store at earls court.
"I can't come in today cos my mums washing machine is broke and I haven't got any clean clothes"

yeti · 04-02-12, 07:22 PM

I did once have a member of staff say to me "I wasn't in yesterday because I had to take my dad to the psychiatrist."

My immediate, rather tactless, response was "You should have said, we could have all gone"

missfire · 04-02-12, 08:17 PM

alien abduction.

only ever skipped work once. as a directionless youth i did a day in a frozen food factory that made meals for the local airport/planes, froze my ass off and came out stinking of fish and curry.

i just phoned them up and said ''i'm not coming back, it's sh*t''.

seemed to work..

missfire · 04-02-12, 08:19 PM

glandular fever is a good one, shame i actually had it at the time.

04-02-12, 05:41 PM	#2
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	Being ill usually works well for me! __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

04-02-12, 05:42 PM	#3
Acidburn The original sin Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Swindon wiltshire Posts: 2,354	yeah, only downsides is I loose my bonus's and nights wage plus there is only 2 of us working there so doubt they'd be happy. Tempted to say i've got a funeral to go to but I have to drive there.... __________________ 80 tdi avant

04-02-12, 05:43 PM	#4
crisarc Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: shrewsbury Posts: 1,172	death __________________

04-02-12, 06:32 PM	#6
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	A couple of years ago it was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon in the middle of summer. I was supposed to be trekking up to Bradford to do a single night shift in a shop I hate. Sufficed to say, this wasn't a tempting prospect, so I phoned my boss up. He said "Now Steve, you're not going to give me some crap about how ill you are and how you can't make work tonight, because that's all I've had all day." I told him he knew me better than that, I wouldn't lie to him. He said he appreciated that, and he could rely on me for the truth, so asked what was up. "I can't be arsed" "You can't say that!!!!!!!!!!" "I can lie to you if you want?" __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

04-02-12, 07:03 PM	#7
Richie Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 745	Best excuse we got was from the guy who ran our rigging store at earls court. "I can't come in today cos my mums washing machine is broke and I haven't got any clean clothes" __________________

04-02-12, 05:58 PM	#5
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	My second cousins 1st job was in a factory that made... skipping ropes! Honest! He used to say he skipped (at) work everyday

04-02-12, 07:22 PM	#8
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	I did once have a member of staff say to me "I wasn't in yesterday because I had to take my dad to the psychiatrist." My immediate, rather tactless, response was "You should have said, we could have all gone" __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

04-02-12, 08:17 PM	#9
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	alien abduction. only ever skipped work once. as a directionless youth i did a day in a frozen food factory that made meals for the local airport/planes, froze my ass off and came out stinking of fish and curry. i just phoned them up and said ''i'm not coming back, it's sh*t''. seemed to work..

04-02-12, 08:19 PM	#10
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	glandular fever is a good one, shame i actually had it at the time.