Reasons Inappropriate for Calling Out of Work

Don’t say this. You’ve been warned.

  • Ran out of Post-It notes.
  • Need to snack. (Possibly defensible for a limited period of time.)
  • Tried dividing by zero.
  • Fortune cookie hinted at a non-optimal day.
  • Tequila.
  • Mercury in retrograde.
  • Rob said it’s probably cool to stay home.
  • Why do you need a reason?
  • Made a million bucks today from everyone else’s labor and just want to kick back in Bermuda for a while, okay?
  • Livestream cannot be rescheduled.
  • PTSD caused by harassment not defined as harassment.
  • Overdosed on Altoids, suffering from acute freshness.
  • Ran out of ink and can’t print resume so need  to go print it at FedEx and I’ll probably be about 45 minutes late.
  • Drunk, but in my defense I didn’t know it was daytime.
  • Don’t believe in the permanence of time.
  • Experiencing quantum entanglement with sofa.
  • Accidentally don’t want to work today.

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