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  2. 10 Hilarious Excuses for Missing Work That People Have ... - AOL

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    From not being able to find parking to pet goats gone wild, here are 10 hilarious excuses people have really used to get out of going to work.

  3. The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work - AOL

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    The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work. Dan Fastenberg. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:23 PM. ... So employees can sometimes be led to creative extremes to find a way to take a day off.

  4. 12 Amusing Excuses for Being Late to Work - AOL

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  5. The dog ate my homework - Wikipedia

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    This provided them with another possible excuse for missing homework, in the form of computer malfunctions. Still, "the dog ate my homework" remained common. In a 1987 article on this phenomenon, one teacher recalled to The New York Times that once a student had given him a note signed by a parent saying that the dog had eaten his homework. [12]

  6. Self-handicapping - Wikipedia

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    The second way that people self-handicap is by coming up with justifications for their potential failures, so that if they do not succeed in the task, they can point to their excuses as the reasons for their failures. This is known as claimed self-handicapping, in which the individual merely states that an obstacle to performance exists ...

  7. How the Test Was Won - Wikipedia

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    This episode was written by Michael Price, who based it on his experience as a former high school English teacher. [2] In an earlier draft of the third act, Skinner and the boys would learn that the Vice President is in Capital City, and plan to meet him to explain why they missed taking the test.

  8. 12 Amusing Excuses for Being Late to Work - AOL

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    CareerBuilder.com There is no worse feeling than waking up in the morning, rested from good night's sleep, and glancing at the clock, only to do a double-take: You're late! For most people ...

  9. More Employees Late for Work -- Weird Excuses - AOL

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    Twenty percent of us are late for work at least once a week, up from 15 percent a year ago. In addition, 10 percent admitted they are late at least twice a week. With that kind of track record for ...