Did you know that the next time you need an excuse you can go to the internet and find a number of them for a variety of things? Coming to work late, coming home late, missing class, not going to class, not going to work. I am constantly amazed that if you can think of it it is already on the internet. They even tell you when and how to provide the excuse. When to not say you aren’t coming to work today because you don’t feel like it. Honestly, they don’t need to tell anyone not to say that. If you have a brain surely you won’t say you are not coming to work because you don’t feel like it. Even if that is the excuse you would like to use. Don’t worry there are plenty of plausible excuses that will work for you. How deep do you think your employer, school, or wife are going to dig to find out if your excuse is true? Probably the less said the better. Keep the answer concise. If you are using the excuse that you are sick then have someone else tell them. You are probably sleeping or too sick to come to the phone anyway. Don’t be hesitant, straight forward is the best approach. No one is going to give you a lie detector test anyway.
Here are a few categories….excuses for leaving work early, failure to appear in court, to not hanging out. Here are a few for not hanging out…
Fake an illness, stress out about how much work you have to do for tomorrow, family unexpectedly came in from out of town, laundry not finished, car broke down, car has a flat tire, you don’t have a car and you don’t want anyone going out of their way to pick you up, someone is going to be there that you don’t want to be around, There is a Marathon of the Walking Dead that is airing now and you don’t want to miss it, you heard about the $10,000 scholarship from ScholarshipPoints and need to sign up for a chance to win, you rented a movie and have to watch it tonight, burst into tears just start crying, your favorite author is in town and the signing is at the exact same time, you completely forgot about other plans you had already made, fall asleep and deal with explanations in the morning, consider telling the truth…only consider it, suggest another time and reschedule for a future date, have an existential crisis and explain it in great detail no one will want to be anywhere near you, there is no one home to watch my dog and he cannot be left alone, the old stand by you need to wash your hair.
This is just one short list of excuses for not wanting to hang out. There are lists for all kinds of situations. Isn’t this why the internet was created in the first place for this kind of stuff? You are safe. There are plenty of excuses to go around. You are only a few clicks away from finding the right one. Good Luck.
