Worst Excuses For Calling In Sick To Work

MYFOXNY.COM - Some of the worst (or best depending on how you look at it) excuses employees have used when calling out include: 'a chicken attacked my mother,'  'my friend came too early to pick me up for work' and 'a cow broke into my house and I had to wait for the insurance adjustor.'

The laughable lines were compiled by CareerBuilder.com which surveyed more than 3,000 workers and more than 2,000 employers over a two-week period this past summer.

Another stellar reason for not showing up for work: "I was in a boat on Lake Erie and ran out of gas and the coast guard towed me to the Canadian side."

The annual survey by the online career site also found that  29 percent of workers have played hooky from the office at least once this year.

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FOX 5 reporter Antwan Lewis (who doesn't understand why he was assigned this story) spoke with people on the east side of Manhattan on Thursday about the worst excuses they've used or heard when calling in sick.

"One intern stated that she broke her toe nail and had to get a pedicure."

"Her kid had lice - multiple times in one year. Very questionable."

"She fell after she was sliding on her hardwood floor and hurt her knee."

According to the survey, nearly 40 percent of bosses followed up on their sick employees.