Being sick excuse #29 - minor car accident
I mentioned it in sick excuse #28, but using a minor car accident as an excuse to miss work is a great one!
You can easily get anywhere from a half day to three days off with this excuse! It all depends on your acting skills over the phone my friend.
All you have to do is call in and say that you have been in a minor car accident and you are pretty banged up and won’t be in for however long you want.
The key to effectively using this excuse is timing.
You can’t call 15 minutes before you are supposed to be there with this excuse. I mean, if you were in a real car accident you wouldn’t do that. Would you? If so, you’re kind of a wanker.
And you can’t call too early. You could call the night before and leave it on a voicemail, but that looks at bit suspicious.
If it were me, here is what I would do….
Let’s say I am supposed to be at work at 8:00 am - I would not call with this excuse until around 8:45 am. And definitely call from a cell phone. This way it looks like it happened on the way to work.
Or, as an alternative you could call around 8:15 - 8:20ish. That would also look believable. Basically, it depends on how far you live from work and what time you usually leave. Use your best judgment on this one.
When you use this excuse you need to be prepared for questions from coworkers.
- Where did it happen?
- How did it happen?
- Did anyone get hurt?
- How long did it take the cops to get there?
- Is your car okay?
- How much damage was done to you car? Their car?
- and so on
People will be all up in your business, so get ready for it.
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