March 27, 2024 • 5 mins
Is this the worst excuse you’ve ever heard for taking the day off work? A man has gone viral on the Tok for sharing the crazy hilarious reason he was late for work to his boss. If you’ve done this we salute you.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Fit and with a with Kate Richie podcast, Kate, did.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You have an excuse this morning for being half an
hour late?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
On the show? My contract? Okay, you can get away
with that.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I want to hear from tradings as well, because this
there's a viral video of a trading over in New
Zealand and you know what, he's being honest for why
he's late to work, right, He's trying to turn it
into a bit of a joke, and he's been completely honest.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
What were you late today?
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I was gaming?
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Gaming, well, playing on the fortnight.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
The times you go to bed, I didn't. What do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I slept all days?
Speaker 5 (00:41):
Second game all night?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Did you just want to come to work?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
What time you get to work today?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
What time do we start?
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Seven o'clock o'clock?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
But I was going I slept all day yesterday so
I could game all night.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
And he's rocked up to work late. Brother, he's got
a life, hasn't he? How exciting had.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Got thirteen twenty fourteen? And I'd love to hear from
bosses out their worst excuses that you've heard for either
being late or having a day off.
Speaker 6 (01:17):
Yeah, the guy I used to work with and he
would do it. Every time you knew it was a
nice day, he would call him sick. But when he
would call him sick, you could hear other cars going
past because he knew he had his surfboard on the roof.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
The sound of the ocean.
Speaker 6 (01:34):
He was going to catch a wave, but he was
as crooked as a dog and couldn't get out of bed.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Not going to make it in today.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
That I remember at Mitsubishi. I remember at Mitsubishi there
was they actually introduced this was the greatest thing ever.
They said, instead of ringing in sick, there will be
an answering machine that will go straight to the section
that you work in, and the boss gets there every
morning and he listens to voicemail messages. Doesn't matter what
(02:01):
time of the night it is. If you're going to
be sick and can't come into work the next day,
don't leave it till seven. Our boss used to play
us back the voice messages from guys that didn't rock
up to the section. Be them at a nightclub.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Crookers a dog.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
I'm going to be sick in four hours. I can
feel it.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Crook is a dog. But I don't think I'll be
able to get into the seat section. Tomorrow you're on
the patiom mate, come on your term.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
There is something nice about an element of honesty, though
there is.
Speaker 6 (02:36):
But you know everybody still goes the gastro angle, don't they.
I've got an upset stomach because no one's going to
ask questions about boo activity.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Are they are?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Brendan and Mountain And what was the worst excuse that
you've had to take the day off for good Morning.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
I used to work in Brisbane, live on the Gold Coast,
so I'd trouble up to Brisbane every day for work.
Beautiful weather up in Brisbane, but if it were raining
on the Gold Coast, half of my workforce or the
trades would not drive up to prison because it was
raining on the Gold Coast. Couzan to get phone calls.
It's raining made I'm in Brisbane, it's there up the road,
complete different weather patterns.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
It's drive in the rain, That's correct.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
It was absolutely ludicrous, Zach.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
What was the excuse you heard?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
So it wasn't actually me? It was my footy coach.
We just won our semi final and I got taken
off in an ambulance for a really bad concussion. And
while I'm in hospital, all the boys are gone back
to the coach's house for a massive vendor and he
coaches sitting in the lund room at free in the morning,
thinking of an excuse to not coming to work. So
he told his boss or want of me footy players
(03:49):
in the hospital? Mate, I've been here with him all
night and he told me. When he rocked up to
work on Tuesday, the boss come up to him and said, mate,
I wouldn't expect anything less from you. That's just the
type of bloke you are.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh how good is that?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
That is brilliant exactly, Kayler and Gamden.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
Worst excuse, Well, I was a retail manager for many years,
so I heard a lot of interesting ones. But probably
the worst was I had a girl bring me at
probably fifteen minutes before we're about to open and say, look,
I've been trying to get into this hair dress up
for ages. I need to do a full head of
hair extensions and I can't do any other day, so
I'm just not going to make it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
It don't come back, Oh Kayler, but did you?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Did you appreciate the honesty?
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Not?
Speaker 5 (04:38):
It was just me and I guess you couldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Have to work the next day with a full head
of extensions and go oh, I was in bed all day,
Matt and boy boy, worst excuse you've heard, Maddie.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
So we had a fresh first year apprentice, probably two
weeks in, decided to call up saying, Yep, I can't
make it in my neighbor's.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Cuts on the bonnet of my car and I'm allergic
to cat.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
You've got to be kidding me. That is the best
I've ever heard, Needles. We just we just did the
topic what did you leave on the top of the car?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
That is unbelievably Love the young kids in their honesty, though,
get out.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Two weeks into an apprenticeship, Turn up.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Turn up, push the pat off the bonnet and get
on with it. Fits in.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast talk great
shows like this.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Download the Nova.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
Player by the app store or Google Play.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
The
The Fit and with a with Kate Richie podcast, Kate, did.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You have an excuse this morning for being half an
hour late?
Speaker 3 (00:06):
On the show? My contract? Okay, you can get away
with that.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I want to hear from tradings as well, because this
there's a viral video of a trading over in New
Zealand and you know what, he's being honest for why
he's late to work, right, He's trying to turn it
into a bit of a joke, and he's been completely honest.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
What were you late today?
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I was gaming?
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Gaming, well, playing on the fortnight.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
The times you go to bed, I didn't. What do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I slept all days?
Speaker 5 (00:41):
Second game all night?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Did you just want to come to work?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
What time you get to work today?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
What time do we start?
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Seven o'clock o'clock?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
But I was going I slept all day yesterday so
I could game all night.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
And he's rocked up to work late. Brother, he's got
a life, hasn't he? How exciting had.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Got thirteen twenty fourteen? And I'd love to hear from
bosses out their worst excuses that you've heard for either
being late or having a day off.
Speaker 6 (01:17):
Yeah, the guy I used to work with and he
would do it. Every time you knew it was a
nice day, he would call him sick. But when he
would call him sick, you could hear other cars going
past because he knew he had his surfboard on the roof.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
The sound of the ocean.
Speaker 6 (01:34):
He was going to catch a wave, but he was
as crooked as a dog and couldn't get out of bed.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Not going to make it in today.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
That I remember at Mitsubishi. I remember at Mitsubishi there
was they actually introduced this was the greatest thing ever.
They said, instead of ringing in sick, there will be
an answering machine that will go straight to the section
that you work in, and the boss gets there every
morning and he listens to voicemail messages. Doesn't matter what
(02:01):
time of the night it is. If you're going to
be sick and can't come into work the next day,
don't leave it till seven. Our boss used to play
us back the voice messages from guys that didn't rock
up to the section. Be them at a nightclub.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Crookers a dog.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
I'm going to be sick in four hours. I can
feel it.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Crook is a dog. But I don't think I'll be
able to get into the seat section. Tomorrow you're on
the patiom mate, come on your term.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
There is something nice about an element of honesty, though
there is.
Speaker 6 (02:36):
But you know everybody still goes the gastro angle, don't they.
I've got an upset stomach because no one's going to
ask questions about boo activity.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Are they are?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Brendan and Mountain And what was the worst excuse that
you've had to take the day off for good Morning.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
I used to work in Brisbane, live on the Gold Coast,
so I'd trouble up to Brisbane every day for work.
Beautiful weather up in Brisbane, but if it were raining
on the Gold Coast, half of my workforce or the
trades would not drive up to prison because it was
raining on the Gold Coast. Couzan to get phone calls.
It's raining made I'm in Brisbane, it's there up the road,
complete different weather patterns.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
It's drive in the rain, That's correct.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
It was absolutely ludicrous, Zach.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
What was the excuse you heard?
Speaker 1 (03:28):
So it wasn't actually me? It was my footy coach.
We just won our semi final and I got taken
off in an ambulance for a really bad concussion. And
while I'm in hospital, all the boys are gone back
to the coach's house for a massive vendor and he
coaches sitting in the lund room at free in the morning,
thinking of an excuse to not coming to work. So
he told his boss or want of me footy players
(03:49):
in the hospital? Mate, I've been here with him all
night and he told me. When he rocked up to
work on Tuesday, the boss come up to him and said, mate,
I wouldn't expect anything less from you. That's just the
type of bloke you are.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh how good is that?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
That is brilliant exactly, Kayler and Gamden.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
Worst excuse, Well, I was a retail manager for many years,
so I heard a lot of interesting ones. But probably
the worst was I had a girl bring me at
probably fifteen minutes before we're about to open and say, look,
I've been trying to get into this hair dress up
for ages. I need to do a full head of
hair extensions and I can't do any other day, so
I'm just not going to make it.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
It don't come back, Oh Kayler, but did you?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Did you appreciate the honesty?
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Not?
Speaker 5 (04:38):
It was just me and I guess you couldn't.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Have to work the next day with a full head
of extensions and go oh, I was in bed all day,
Matt and boy boy, worst excuse you've heard, Maddie.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
So we had a fresh first year apprentice, probably two
weeks in, decided to call up saying, Yep, I can't
make it in my neighbor's.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Cuts on the bonnet of my car and I'm allergic
to cat.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
You've got to be kidding me. That is the best
I've ever heard, Needles. We just we just did the
topic what did you leave on the top of the car?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
That is unbelievably Love the young kids in their honesty, though,
get out.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Two weeks into an apprenticeship, Turn up.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Turn up, push the pat off the bonnet and get
on with it. Fits in.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast talk great
shows like this.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Download the Nova.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
Player by the app store or Google Play.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
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