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The Craziest Excuses We’ve Used for Missing Work

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Someone asked Reddit for the craziest excuses they’ve seen for missing work.  Here are the highlights.

1.  A guy didn’t show up on Valentine’s Day because he thought it was a federal holiday.

2.  “I flushed my car keys down the toilet.”

3.  “Chipmunks filled my truck’s engine with walnuts.”

4.  A woman with long nails shoved her finger up her nose while exfoliating and sliced it open.

5.  Someone’s coworker called out because she ran out of toilet paper.

6.  A woman called off work because there was a big bug outside her door.  But it turned out it was just a piece of string.

7.  “I ate a whole log of cookie dough.”

8.  A woman found a huge human DOOKIE on her driver’s side seat.

9.  “I got bit on the finger by a squirrel while tossing a coffee cup into a parking garage trashcan.”

10.  “I can’t work because Zayn left One Direction.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahdobro/hilarious-work-excuses-you-wont-believe-are-real