Don't you even pretend that you've never used a fake excuse to leave work early, end a date, or justify why you haven't done your homework. And while some perhaps use somewhat believable work excuses for being late, such as being stuck in traffic when you simply wanted to get some extra Zzzs, some reasons can get pretty... ridiculous.
While some funny fake excuses may be believable to some level, sometimes, reasons to skip work get so outlandish that they surprise even the ones who have heard it all, aka the HR department. The most ridiculous, stupid excuses people have come up with just show the power of human imagination. However, the dilemma with funny excuses is that if the reason is legit (because sometimes you really do get drunk by accident), do you say the actual cause or come up with a more plausible explanation? Just some food for thought.
However, this is not it if you are looking for a list of excuses to help you pull off a sickie or bulletproof excuses to get out of work. Below, we've compiled a list of funny excuses for missing work that likely were a little too far-fetched and didn't assure a day off. Have you ever used a fake reason to skip work? Or perhaps you work in HR and hear the lamest excuses to get out of work regularly? Let us know!
#61 Garage Sale Hangover, Anyone?
An employee had a headache after going to too many garage sales.
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#62 Monday mood: outfit indecision strikes again

An employee couldn’t decide what to wear.
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#63 Cake coma: send help
An employee ate too much birthday cake.
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#64 When Google Becomes Your Doctor
An employee had a gall stone they wanted to heal holistically.
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#65 I Didn’t Sign Up for This Level of Ouch

An employee put petroleum jelly in their eyes.
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#66 Mom’s way of working from home
An employee couldn’t come to work because their mother locked them in a closet.
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#67 Sunrise Detour Energy Boost
An employee thought the sunrise was so beautiful that they had to stop and take it in.
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#68 Mood: Stuck In The Chat Loop

An employee said their mother-in-law wouldn’t stop talking.
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#69 Subtly Tortured by Coffee
An employee’s coffee was too hot and they couldn’t leave until it cooled off.
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#70 Well, There Goes My Commute
Somebody stole my car’s wheels.
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#71 Well, that escalated quickly

My wife found out I was cheating and threw all my stuff out.
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#72 Peak clumsiness, 10/10
I broke my foot after I got up from the toilet.
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#73 Lost but not forgotten
Grandma has lost her glasses and she needs me.
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#74 That escalated quickly

My girlfriend threw a Wii remote at me and it’s chipped my tooth.
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#75 Well, That Escalated Quickly
An employee couldn’t come in because his llama wouldn’t stop barfing.
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#76 Plot twist: Blame the psychic
The employee said that he couldn’t come to work because his fortune-teller had asked him not to step out of the house or he would suffer a brain hemorrhage.
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#77 Mood: Disturbed but still employed

An employee was feeling too upset after watching “The Hunger Games.”
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#78 Plot twist: Morning sickness isn’t just for moms
A male employee claimed he had morning sickness.
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#79 Stop, did that just float by?
I saw a UFO and I had to stop and observe it.
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#80 Plot Twist: Pet Store Detour

I was out of cat food so I had to go to the pet store first.
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