In a recent Monster homepage poll, we asked visitor about their summertime work habits ¡X specifically, ¡§Have you ever called in ¡¥sick¡¦ from work in order to enjoy beautiful summer weather?¡¨ Here¡¦s what you had to to say:
¡½I do this frequently ¡X at least twice per summer. 8%¡½I do this occasionally ¡X no more than once a summer. 11%¡½I do this seldom ¡X I¡¦ve done it once or twice in my career. 30%¡½I never play hooky from work! 51%(1,395 respondents)
We also came across a new Wakefield Research Study, commissioned by Citrix, which reports some interesting facts about modern work life. The survey of more than 1,000 American office workers also asked for their most-creative excuses for calling out sick. Here are just a few of the (hilarious?) excuses that survey respondents reported:
¡½¡§My bicycle ran out of gas¡¨¡½¡§Gas is too expensive¡¨¡½¡§I¡¦m dieting¡¨¡½¡§I drank too much Sunkist and was too tired to come in¡¨¡½¡§I¡¦m having toenail issues¡¨¡½¡§My numerologist told me not to come in¡¨¡½¡§It¡¦s Elvis¡¦s birthday¡¨¡½¡§Dog sprayed by a skunk¡¨¡½¡§All my clothes are in the washer right now, I have nothing to wear¡¨¡½¡§I had to see where my gardener was really planting everything that I wanted and paid for¡¨¡½¡§Stumbled on the love of my life¡¨Want to learn some better reasons to tell your boss? Read ¡§10 Excuses for Missing Work.¡¨
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