Being sick excuse #38 - the flat tire
The flat tire is an excuse you surprisingly do not hear of that often. It is pretty easy to get away with if you want to come in late to work. You can’t take a whole day for this one though. And it is likely to work better for women than men. However, if you are a guy that has to dress pretty nice for work then it would be believable that you would not want to change your own tire and get all dirty.
Some things to keep in mind:
Don’t tell them where you are supposedly at with your flat tire. You just might get some douche volunteering to come help you.
You also do not want someone to say they drove by that location and did not see you.
Tell them that AAA is on the way and that you will be in as soon as they arrive. I used to work in an AAA call center when I was younger - those asswipes take their sweet ass time to get to people, so this could easily take 3 hours. Trust me.
If you show up to work with a regular tire on, you might get a wiseass asking why you don’t have a donut on the car. The easy answer is that you got it plugged. If you say it is spare and it looks like an old tire then your ass is grass on this one.
If they ask you why it took so long, here is your answer: It took AAA for-EVER to arrive. Then they towed you to (Walmart? Goodyear? Local mechanic?) to get the tire plugged and that is why it took so long.
Time limitations:
You can really only milk this one for a few hours. So if you want to come in late, this is your go-to excuse.
Bonus points:
If there is a lot of road work or even construction near you or on your commute you can use the flat tire excuse more than once in a short period of time. In fact, you always hear about people who have to drive past where they are putting up a new building or subdivision and get repeated flat tires due to nails being on the road from the workers.
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