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  2. 10 Hilarious Excuses for Missing Work That People Have ... - AOL

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    From not being able to find parking to pet goats gone wild, here are 10 hilarious excuses people have really used to get out of going to work.

  3. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people have used to call in ...

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    The survey asked hiring managers to share the most suspicious excuses employees have given for missing a day of work -- and some might totally shock you. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people ...

  4. The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work - AOL

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    The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work. Dan Fastenberg. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:23 PM. We all have to pay the bills, but sometimes the office is literally the last place in the universe you want ...

  5. No call, no show - Wikipedia

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    When a no call, no show is not preventable, such as when an employee suffers a medical emergency and is unable to inform their employer, satisfactory documentation of the situation is expected. In the United States, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) allows employees to take unpaid leave during specifics situations such as medical ...

  6. The dog ate my homework - Wikipedia

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    The excuse for the brevity of the document did not become the punchline for another 18 years. The first use of the phrase recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1929, in an essay in the British newspaper The Guardian: "It is a long time since I have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework." This suggests it had ...

  7. Rationalization (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Some rationalizations take the form of a comparison. Commonly, this is done to lessen the perception of an action's negative effects, to justify an action, or to excuse culpability: "At least [what occurred] is not as bad as [a worse outcome]." In response to an accusation: "At least I didn't [worse action than accused action]."

  8. People Googled excuses to skip work over 2 million times this ...

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  9. Excuse - Wikipedia

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    This criminal defense straddles the divide between excuse and exculpation. It works by showing that the defendant's mind was not in control of the body's movements at the relevant time and that this loss of control was not foreseeable. For example, a diabetic suffering a hypoglycaemic attack will not be liable for any loss or damage caused. To ...