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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. The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work - AOL

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    We all have to pay the bills, but sometimes the office is literally the last place in the universe you want to be. The reasons can run the gamut, but life has a way of occurring just when a ...

  4. Self-handicapping - Wikipedia

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    The second way that people self-handicap is by coming up with justifications for their potential failures, so that if they do not succeed in the task, they can point to their excuses as the reasons for their failures. This is known as claimed self-handicapping, in which the individual merely states that an obstacle to performance exists ...

  5. 5 Common Excuses for Not Budgeting Debunked by Rachel ... - AOL

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    Now, with smartphone and laptop apps that do the majority of work for you, this excuse is just that: an excuse. As Cruze said, it will take some time and effort to set up your budget.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Rationalization (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Quintilian and classical rhetoric used the term color for the presenting of an action in the most favourable possible perspective. [5] Laurence Sterne in the eighteenth century took up the point, arguing that, were a man to consider his actions, "he will soon find, that such of them, as strong inclination and custom have prompted him to commit, are generally dressed out and painted with all ...

  8. 15 Good Excuses to Not Go to School for Strict Parents

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    Today we are going to present you with the list of the 15 good excuses to not go to school for strict parents. Click to skip our introduction and methodology and jump to the top 5 good excuses to ...

  9. Laziness - Wikipedia

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    In 20th century the poor whites were portrayed in the grotesque caricatures of early southern laziness. In Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952) and Good Country People (1955) she depicts spiritual backwardness as the cause for disinclination to work. The lack of any social function which could be valued equally with a luxurious lifestyle was ...