Something ridiculous and unexplainable has occurred this morning. There's no way way you'll make it into work--but your boss will never believe the truth.
Still, you have to try. So you pick up the phone and you say,
"Good morning boss. I'm afraid I can't come in today because..."
- I didn't escape the dragon.
- I've been whisked out of time and space by a mad man in a blue box.
- I'm buried in a mountain of popcorn.
- The kidnappers are fixing to push me off without a parachute.
- I'm caught in a fairy ring and they won't let me go.
- In 30 seconds the Dark Lord destroys the world and only I can stop him.
- I was eloping and fell off the ladder.
- The werewolf moon strikes tonight and its having a stronger effect than I anticipated.
- My secret experiment exploded all over my apartment.
- Aliens crash landed in my backyard and are holding me hostage for our worlds secrets.
- My toe is caught in the faucet.
- I got sucked into the computer and now I'm trapped in a virtual game world.
- I'm holding off the vampires with garlic, crosses and holy water.
- An angry earth goddess is threatening to turn me into a tree if I don't comply in the next ten minutes.
- Giant spiders have surrounded my home and all I have to fight them off with is a frying pan.
- My Muse and I traded places this week and now she's refusing to do boring things.
- A jealous witch put a sleeping curse on me.
- I ran into the door-frame and broke an elbow. Don't ask.
- My bedroom is swamped by tiny blue people and they refuse to leave unless I give them cornflakes. Unfortunately I ran out of those yesterday.
- An Elf riding a flying unicorn took me away to Fairyland. They're in need of some Unlikely Heroines.
- I let Mr. Darcy out of the book and I have to get him back in before Lizzie marries Wickham.
- I found a genie lamp and I'll be sending in my resignation.
- I'm trapped inside the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci it seems was something of a magician.
- A fortune teller says this is the day to find Prince Charming. And no offense but I'm not looking for him at the office.
- I'm calling from the Underworld.
Comment below on your favorite excuse. And share three of your own silly work excuses! Or you could write your own blog post and put a link in the comments. :D
A mischievous troll stole my left shoe.
ReplyDeleteBah! Peasant! Do you know not that I am a master of words and worlds?!
I fell down a rabbit hole. It was quite deep.
Late? A wizard is never late! Everyone else is simply early!
My favorite is #19
ReplyDeleteI can't come in to work today because:
1) I was bitten by a spider and now I have thin sticky threads coming out of my hands and it's making a mess of everything I touch
2) my dog ate my keys
3) because I've decided to decrease my carbon footprint
Hahaha! I love Number 3 :D
ReplyDelete#11 and #16 got me. One because it was so unlikely and the other because it was so realistic. I'll let you decide which was which.
ReplyDeleteThis post is timely. I just made a graphic about procrastination and shared it on my blog: http://www.teddideppner.com/2015/07/procrastination-meme/
Haha! Number 11 is from a Dick Van Dyke episode (the link is to it on Youtube). And although my Muse and I have never traded places, she still kicks up a fuss about boring things.
ReplyDeleteI like the procrastination meme!