Have you ever called in sick to work?  Were you?  I think in all my years I have called in sick only a few times because I was sick.  I’ve called in sick more times that that because one of my kids was sick….like in the hospital sick.  Career Builder has come out with a list of 2015’s craziest Sick Day Excuses, and they are BRILLIANT!  From  10 to 1, here they are:

10.  A woman said she couldn’t come in, because her cat was stuck in her dashboard.

9.  A woman said she had to go to the beach, because she needed more vitamin D.

8.  A guy was too embarrassed to come in, because the food he’d made for an employee potluck didn’t turn out well.

7.  A guy couldn’t come to work, because his wife put all of his underwear in the wash.

6.  A woman said she was brushing her hair, and poked herself in the eye.

5.  A guy’s wife caught him cheating, and he had to get all his stuff out of a dumpster.

4.  A guy claimed the universe was telling him he needed a day off. (I think that happened to me once)

3.  A guy’s sandwich fell on the floor, and he broke his arm trying to catch it.

2.  An employee said they couldn’t make it in, because they were stuck under their bed.

1.  A guy claimed his grandmother poisoned him with ham.  A HAM!!!!!

The survey also shows that 38% of people have called in sick when they were not, and that’s up form 28% last year.  Really?  Now who would do that?!

~Scott