20 of the Lamest Sick Day Excuses

One of the benefits of being self-employed is that you don’t have to fake a feeble ’pneumonia voice’ to your boss on the phone whenever the surf’s up. On the other hand, you don’t have the luxury of getting some other poor sod to do your job when you really do eat some dodgy poultry and come down with a sudden, debilitating bout of ‘chickenpox’ as a result. Either way, employers in every industry get their fair share of ‘sick’ day excuses from people who really just want some quality time with their golf clubs. And as a recent study conducted by recruitment website CareerBuilder.com found out, those excuses can sometimes be pretty hilarious.