I was playing around with the Google Keyword Tool looking for ideas to write about and I found something pretty funny…there’s a lot of people looking for excuses to get out of work!
Here’s a small sample of the various keywords people use when looking for good excuses to get out of work. The number next to each phrase is the number of searches per month.
| excuses not to work | 5400 |
| get out of work excuses | 4400 |
| excuses for not going to work | 3600 |
| excuses to get out of work | 3600 |
| not going to work excuses | 3600 |
| missing work excuses | 2900 |
| best work excuses | 2400 |
| excuses for missing work | 2400 |
| excuses to miss work | 1900 |
| miss work excuses | 1900 |
| off work excuses | 1900 |
| work excuse letter | 1900 |
| excuse from work | 1600 |
| best excuses for work | 1300 |
| good excuses for work | 1300 |
| good excuses to get out of work | 1300 |
| late work excuses | 1300 |
| work sick excuses | 1300 |
| excuses not to go to work | 1000 |
| good work excuse | 1000 |
| late for work excuses | 1000 |
| best work excuse | 880 |
| best excuses for missing work | 720 |
| excuses that work | 720 |
Now I’m guessing most people are looking for real work excuses so they can stay home and sit on the couch watching The Price is Right or General Hospital…but I’ll assume you want to stay home so you can concentrate on building your blog or doing something else productive with your time. 
Anyway I called my buddy Joe who works as an office manager/HR guy for a small business and asked what were the craziest real work excuses he had ever heard? Here’s a few of his favorites…
I want to hear from you…leave a comment below with the craziest excuse you ever gave your boss so you could skip work…
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