The Top 20 Worst Excuses for Throwing a Sickie

The Top 20 Worst Excuses for Throwing a Sickie Weve all wanted at one point to just stay in bed and not go into work when our alarm rings through our head in the morning whether it be due to illness, or you just want a day off. However, if you want your sick day request to be accepted, you need a good, honest excuse. Activ Absence recently undertook research amongst HR managers at this years CIPD Annual Conference, and ask them for the worst excuse they had heard to have a day off work. The top five  excuses were: 1) I dont have the bus fare to get to work after my night out: Weve all made the mistake of going out on a work night, but people have actually used their alcoholic intake and inability to purchase bus tickets for not making it in the next day. RELATED: 10 Things to Do on a Productive Commute 2) I dreamed I had come to work, so thought I was there and stayed asleep: No matter how sleepy you are, or how great your dream is, dont use it as a reason to not come into work no-one will believe it without proof. RELATED:  How Can Sleep Affect Your Career? 3) I went on a sunbed and got sunstroke: Yes, youre going on holiday, youve told the whole office, but if youve spent too much time on sunbeds, thats your own fault. 4)  I lost my flipflop down the side of a train, so I had to go home: Firstly, why are you wearing flip flops on the way to work? Secondly, what made you lose your flip flop? Was it the cat? It was the cat, wasnt it? 5)  I didnt have any clean clothes: Come on, you know thats no-ones fault but yours. Also in the list were pet emergencies  with one employee demanding two weeks bereavement leave after the death of his pet cat and another taking a day off because his ‘hamster seemed sluggish’. Exotic animal bites were blamed, as were dogs fouling clothes and eating car keys. Absent minds also featured â€" forgetting where one parked one’s car or losing shoes en route to work always seem to be common excuses. The best excuse of them all, though, was my boss has given me a headache!. The full top 20 excuses read as such: I dont have the bus fare to get to work after my night out. I dreamed I had come to work, so thought I was there and stayed asleep. I went on a sunbed and got sunstroke. I lost my flipflop down the side of a train, so I had to go home. I didnt have any clean clothes. My bed was too nice to get out of. Man Utd lost the premiership. I lost my car in the car park (there were only 20 spaces). My television broke. The roof blew off my house! Goats got into my garden. I have a cotton bud stuck in my ear. Fell out of bed and banged my head. I have post coital soreness. I got bitten by a llama. My dog got lost in the snow. My cat had a miscarriage. The dog urinated on my suit. My dog ate my car keys. I dont think my hamster is well he seems a bit sluggish this morning. Whats the worst excuse youve ever heard? Let us know on Twitter to @UndercoverRec! READ MORE: 10 Sick Day Excuses You Wish Would Fly