The Most Ridiculous Excuses People Have Used For Calling In Sick

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1/15 Employee ate too much at a party / Getty Images
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2/15 Employee drank anti-freeze by mistake and had to go to the hospital / iStock
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3/15 Employee fell out of bed and broke his nose / Getty Images
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4/15 Employee got a cold from a puppy / iStock
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5/15 Employee got his toe caught in a vent cover / Newscom
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6/15 Employee said a deer bit him during hunting season / iStock
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7/15 Employee had a headache after going to too many garage sales / Getty Images
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8/15 Employee hurt his back chasing a beaver / Getty Images
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9/15 Employee said bats got in her hair / Getty
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10/15 Employee said a refrigerator fell on him / Getty Images
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11/15 Employee was at a bowling alley and a bucket filled with water crashed through the ceiling and hit her on the head / Getty Images
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12/15 Employee was in line at a coffee shop when a truck carrying flour backed up and dumped the flour into her convertible / iStock
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13/15 Employee's child stuck a mint up his nose and had to go to the ER to remove it / iStock
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14/15 Employee's 12-year-old daughter stole his car and he had no other way to work. Employee didn't want to report it to the police / Getty Images
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15/15 Employee's brother-in-law was kidnapped by a drug cartel while in Mexico / iStock
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