Bosses reveal the worst ‘sickie’ excuses they have been told

The National Sickie Day is being dubiously celebrated no doubt by hundreds of workers who are currently in bed enjoying a much needed day-off.

Bosses on message board Reddit took to the site to share the most outlandish reasons for people to have missed work.

User MrBillyLotion described the shocking moment a female employee thought they could get away with not coming into work. He wrote: ‘We had a girl who said she had hit a mountain lion with her car, and was kind enough to send a pic.

 ‘In the background of the picture, the landscape was completely unlike any in our surrounding area, and a quick Google Image search told us this picture was taken on the other side of the country almost six years ago.

American recruiter NothingElastic wrote: ‘I had a guy out on a temporary assignment who kept calling in sick and saying that his girlfriend was terminally ill. Once he even called with the sounds of the hospital in the background.

‘Flash forward a few weeks and his girlfriend calls to tell me that she is now his ex girlfriend, she is not terminally ill, and he’s been using her as an excuse to call in sick which she only recently found out.

‘She even mentioned the hospital noises which she said were a YouTube video playing in the background. She recommended firing his “dumb ass” which I did, with or without her recommendation.’

It’s not all dark as some bosses can see the funny side like American Like_A_Gravel_Road. He shared: ‘We had a new hire for receptionist not show up on her first day.

‘I waited an hour and she didn’t show so I called her. She sounded very groggy and possibly hungover. Then when she realised who she was talking to, she tried her best to hide it. When I asked her why she didn’t show up, she said she forgot she worked there.’

But the forgiving boss took pity on new starter and welcomed her to the fold. He added: ‘We were really swamped and having another body there was a tremendous boost. No one was really upset about it either. Many just assumed it was an honest mistake.

One totally exasperated manager divulged that they had a shocking moment in June of last year. The tardy employee was asked where she was the day before and the honest colleague replied ‘Oh I was Christmas shopping.’

Los Angeles-based boss HeyStupidd revealed their worst employee’s sickie excuse too. They wrote: ‘I had a co-worker fail to come back to work after their lunch break. Wondering what happened I get a collect call from Los Angeles country jail and they asked for a few weeks of vacation time to start immediately.’

So… Have you ever used an outlandish excuse to take time off work – and what was it..