While some people did use this excuse saying they were in an accident, we don’t recommend that (karma). It’s better to say that there was a car accident and that the road is closed so you can’t get to ...

There comes a point in your career when you might need to take time off from work unexpectedly. Although many employers prefer employees to follow an established attendance policy, a team member may ...

Now here is one of the good excuses to miss work for a week, only if you have the guts to do it. As much as employers hate listening about diarrhea or periods, what they loathe even more is discussing ...

Do you want to start worrying about what classes you’re taking next semester when you haven’t even finished midterms? Do you want to take five classes but only get into two of the five? Do you want to ...

Chinese kids didn’t celebrate Halloween when I grew up (most of them still don’t), so God realized we needed some other excuse to eat candy. My frugal parents, and their parents before them, saved all ...

The captain of that Italian cruise ship that ran aground over the weekend is in serious trouble, and while he's made one of the lamest excuses we've ever heard, there are some perfectly good ones out ...