Want a Day Off From Office? These 5 Excuses Might Help You

You managed to wake up on time, dress up nicely for work, commuted through soul-numbing traffic, and finally gotten yourself to the office - and suddenly you find yourself needing to think up an excuse to get the hell out of there.

It's happened to all of us. It could be some emergency that drops on you on a sunny Tuesday morning, out of the blue. Maybe it's not so much an emergency as a personal issue - we all have a personal life outside of work, and sometimes it can creep into our work time if we like it or not. Heck, could be you just don't feel like working today and - as long as it doesn't happen too often - that could be legitimate too.

* Dentist Appointment

Tooth pain is one of the worst kinds of pain, and your boss knows it as well. You'll need to plan a day or two ahead for this one, and maybe take a few acting lessons to increase believability.

* Children

Children are such wonderful excuse-enablers that it's a wonder people don't have them more often. They get into trouble, accidents and general mischief on an almost daily basis, and it's your job to help them, console them, or take them to the hospital.

* Driving a relative to/from the airport

Something about family members needing a ride to the airport that brings out the "do-gooder" in us, and bosses understand this all too well. Of course, they could always take a taxi or train, but family members deserve more then that, don't they?

* Home Emergencies

For this one you'll need an accomplice, preferable a good friend that you trust. At some point in the morning your "neighbor", calls you at work to tell you a water pipe has broken in your home. Your house is slowly turning into the neighborhood swimming pool, and you better come over to fix it immediately!

* Guests Are Arriving Early

They say you can't choose your family, but you most definitely can use them to make up excuses for leaving work during the day. It so happens that your maternal cousin and his wife are visiting today, and for some reason or another (bad weather forecasts, miss-communication, dementia), they're arriving earlier than expected.