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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