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“I can’t come in today, my football team lost” – worst excuses for pulling sickies
The top 10 worst excuses for pulling a sickie include “a swarm of bees surrounded my vehicle” and “someone glued my doors and windows shut”
A favourite football team losing and not being able to decide what to wear are among the worst – or best – excuses for calling into work sick.
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Global recruitment agency CareerBuilder publishes an annual list of shocking sick day excuses and this year’s include classics like “I couldn’t decide what to wear.”