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  2. The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work - AOL

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    We all have to pay the bills, but sometimes the office is literally the last place in the universe you want to be. The reasons can run the gamut, but life has a way of occurring just when a ...

  3. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people have used to call in ...

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    The survey asked hiring managers to share the most suspicious excuses employees have given for missing a day of work -- and some might totally shock you. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people ...

  4. 10 Hilarious Excuses for Missing Work That People Have ...

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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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Temporary work - Wikipedia

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    Most agencies do not require an employee to continue work if the discrepancies make it difficult for the employee to do the work. [22] A temporary work agency may have a standard set of tests to judge the competence of the secretarial or clerical skills of an applicant.

  7. The dog ate my homework - Wikipedia

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    The excuse for the brevity of the document did not become the punchline for another 18 years. The first use of the phrase recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1929, in an essay in the British newspaper The Guardian: "It is a long time since I have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework." This suggests it had ...

  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. Skill (labor) - Wikipedia

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    Finding and keeping work require a broad range of skills that can be transferred and adapted to different work needs and environments. Transferable skills include analysing problems and reaching appropriate solutions, communicating ideas and information effectively, being creative , showing leadership and conscientiousness , and demonstrating ...