August 25, 2025 • 5 mins
From squirrel attacks to missing stairs, frozen turkeys to accidental nose injuries, today on The Jubal Show we dive into the most outrageous—and actually real—reasons people have called out of work. These viral sick-day stories are hilarious, shocking, and perfect for anyone who’s ever wanted a day off without the boring “I’m sick” excuse.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Who's excited to go to work today? Yeah, the Jewel Show.
Anybody who's super excited to be going to work today?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Okay, that sounds about Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I asked the question because we all call out sick
from time to time, and there's a trend going viral
of people sharing the most ridiculous reasons that they've called
in to miswork. It sounded so fake their bosses didn't
believe them, but they were actually real.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh, we'll go over and.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Next so you can pull over to the side of
the road and wait to hear some minspos so you
can call into your job and be like, nah, not today, Satan.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Right after this, it's the Jewel Show.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I got my finger bit by a squirrel while tossing
a coffee cup into a parking garage trash can and
had to call in sick to work.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
My boss didn't believe me. It's the Jewel Show. You imagine.
I feel like.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
That's a text message we got in at four one
oh six to one because there's a trend going viral
of people sharing the reasons they had to call out
for work that were so crazy that their boss didn't
believe them. They weren't actually fake. Which sucks because you
know when you call into work when you're feeling fine
and you just want to take the day off, it's
always stressful, right, You're like, they're gonna know them lying,
But when you actually have to call in sick and
it's a ridiculous excuse, like a squirrel bit my fingertip.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Do you even say that? Are you panicked or are
you matter of fact saying well, I.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Won't be in today my finger I would rather just
make up something else. I'd be like, Man, I got
a cold. I'm not telling anybody that a squirrel attacked
me while I was throwing away a coffee cup.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I remember the viral video of that kid.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah yeah, text in four to one oh six one.
Have you had to call in sick to work for
a ridiculous reason? And we'll go over some of the
top responses right now from this trend. One says I
was once late to work because I was glued into
my apartment.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Oh whoa.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
They replaced the carpet in the common hallway overnight and
we're a little too enthusiastic with the glue by my door.
I had to wait until maintenance arrived at eight pm.
They were glued inside their apartment all day long, and
their boss didn't believe them that they were glued in.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Guys, I won't be here tomorrow. I'm going to be
glued in my house.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
If you want to call him sick to work with
insfell for you, just tell me you got glued into
your apartment all day. Another person said that my grandparents
had a medical emergency years ago where one got stuck
on the toilet and the other tried to help, and
then they both fell, and I called my employer, but
my employer didn't believe me because it sounded like an
snl skit.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
They fell and they can't get out. That's life when
you get older man trying to help someone off the toilet.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Because they can't get off the toilet, and you both fall,
and now your grandkid has to call in sick to
work for.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I feel like anything adage with grandparents. That's like a
free beat, like yes.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Take off work like old.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Someone else said they worked in retail fifteen years ago
and a guy called in sick to say he had
a nightmare and didn't think he'd be able to go
back to sleep.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
And come in to work five hours later.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
He was planning ahead, thinking smart. My nephew will not
go to school on nights that he has nightmares too. Really, yeah,
I mean he's five, he needs to sleep.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We're going over some of the most ridiculous reasons that
people have called in sick to work that were actually true,
but their bosses didn't believe that. One says I was
running a shift and had a girl call in six
saying she was too distraught to work because Zane had
left one direction.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Oh now, I feel like that was kind of like, well,
my grandma really did pass. I ended up crying into work,
being like, hey, like, I can't come in. My boss
did not believe me, like fully, and I was bawling
on the phone.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And I'm like, I didn't you at that? No, And
she was like, which way, I can't hear you. What
are you saying? So are you coming into work? Like
I don't understand what you're doing right now. I was like, no,
I'm not coming in right now, and she just oh, okay.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He was like thanks, I'm fine, Thanks for asking.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, my family will be okay. Said what this person said?
They said I had to call in one time because
my stairs were gone. What drugs were they on.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
He says, of course it was a huge violation by
the condo, but they had no way out of their
second story. I'm sorry that somehow the condo removed the
stairs overnight, it says, I want that happened to me?
Said Their boss demanded photos to show proof that they
had no stairs to get out of their place.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Well, that is a little questionable. I don't think I
believe that either. I know, I feel like, did you
not go to sleep yet?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Is this the party continued?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Or what?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
You have a ladder something the rope suah.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Someone once said, I once had an employee call to
say they'd be late because a plane hit their car.
Oh what turns out they lived next to a small
private airfield and a drunk pilot was coming into the
land and mistook the road for the open runway.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
What, oh my gosh, how do you mistake that there's
cars on the road there's nothing on a runway?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
And somebody didn't believe that that's too specific? Right, fake?
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, the more specific you got with I'd be like, okay, yeah,
you're cool, honestly not lying.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
If it was just a cough, I might question it,
right right.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Another person said they had to call in sick to
work because they dropped a frozen turkey on their bare foot.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Hey man, I've ever done that and that? Have you
done that?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Yes, I was still walking and it was fine, but
it hurts my whole hole in black.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Another person said they had to call in sick to
work once because they got fake nails for the first
time for a wedding, and they were in the shower
exfoliating their face and they stuck one of the fake
nails up their nose on accident and sliced their nose
and it was bleeding a tone, and then from that
moment on they were called Edward scissorhands at work for
the rest of the time they worked there.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yes, rightfully, so
Who's excited to go to work today? Yeah, the Jewel Show.
Anybody who's super excited to be going to work today?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Okay, that sounds about Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I asked the question because we all call out sick
from time to time, and there's a trend going viral
of people sharing the most ridiculous reasons that they've called
in to miswork. It sounded so fake their bosses didn't
believe them, but they were actually real.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Oh, we'll go over and.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Next so you can pull over to the side of
the road and wait to hear some minspos so you
can call into your job and be like, nah, not today, Satan.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Right after this, it's the Jewel Show.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I got my finger bit by a squirrel while tossing
a coffee cup into a parking garage trash can and
had to call in sick to work.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
My boss didn't believe me. It's the Jewel Show. You imagine.
I feel like.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
That's a text message we got in at four one
oh six to one because there's a trend going viral
of people sharing the reasons they had to call out
for work that were so crazy that their boss didn't
believe them. They weren't actually fake. Which sucks because you
know when you call into work when you're feeling fine
and you just want to take the day off, it's
always stressful, right, You're like, they're gonna know them lying,
But when you actually have to call in sick and
it's a ridiculous excuse, like a squirrel bit my fingertip.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Do you even say that? Are you panicked or are
you matter of fact saying well, I.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Won't be in today my finger I would rather just
make up something else. I'd be like, Man, I got
a cold. I'm not telling anybody that a squirrel attacked
me while I was throwing away a coffee cup.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I remember the viral video of that kid.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah yeah, text in four to one oh six one.
Have you had to call in sick to work for
a ridiculous reason? And we'll go over some of the
top responses right now from this trend. One says I
was once late to work because I was glued into
my apartment.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Oh whoa.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
They replaced the carpet in the common hallway overnight and
we're a little too enthusiastic with the glue by my door.
I had to wait until maintenance arrived at eight pm.
They were glued inside their apartment all day long, and
their boss didn't believe them that they were glued in.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Guys, I won't be here tomorrow. I'm going to be
glued in my house.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
If you want to call him sick to work with
insfell for you, just tell me you got glued into
your apartment all day. Another person said that my grandparents
had a medical emergency years ago where one got stuck
on the toilet and the other tried to help, and
then they both fell, and I called my employer, but
my employer didn't believe me because it sounded like an
snl skit.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
They fell and they can't get out. That's life when
you get older man trying to help someone off the toilet.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Because they can't get off the toilet, and you both fall,
and now your grandkid has to call in sick to
work for.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I feel like anything adage with grandparents. That's like a
free beat, like yes.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Take off work like old.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Someone else said they worked in retail fifteen years ago
and a guy called in sick to say he had
a nightmare and didn't think he'd be able to go
back to sleep.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
And come in to work five hours later.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
He was planning ahead, thinking smart. My nephew will not
go to school on nights that he has nightmares too. Really, yeah,
I mean he's five, he needs to sleep.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We're going over some of the most ridiculous reasons that
people have called in sick to work that were actually true,
but their bosses didn't believe that. One says I was
running a shift and had a girl call in six
saying she was too distraught to work because Zane had
left one direction.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Oh now, I feel like that was kind of like, well,
my grandma really did pass. I ended up crying into work,
being like, hey, like, I can't come in. My boss
did not believe me, like fully, and I was bawling
on the phone.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
And I'm like, I didn't you at that? No, And
she was like, which way, I can't hear you. What
are you saying? So are you coming into work? Like
I don't understand what you're doing right now. I was like, no,
I'm not coming in right now, and she just oh, okay.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He was like thanks, I'm fine, Thanks for asking.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, my family will be okay. Said what this person said?
They said I had to call in one time because
my stairs were gone. What drugs were they on.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
He says, of course it was a huge violation by
the condo, but they had no way out of their
second story. I'm sorry that somehow the condo removed the
stairs overnight, it says, I want that happened to me?
Said Their boss demanded photos to show proof that they
had no stairs to get out of their place.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Well, that is a little questionable. I don't think I
believe that either. I know, I feel like, did you
not go to sleep yet?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Is this the party continued?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Or what?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
You have a ladder something the rope suah.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Someone once said, I once had an employee call to
say they'd be late because a plane hit their car.
Oh what turns out they lived next to a small
private airfield and a drunk pilot was coming into the
land and mistook the road for the open runway.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
What, oh my gosh, how do you mistake that there's
cars on the road there's nothing on a runway?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
And somebody didn't believe that that's too specific? Right, fake?
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, the more specific you got with I'd be like, okay, yeah,
you're cool, honestly not lying.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
If it was just a cough, I might question it,
right right.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Another person said they had to call in sick to
work because they dropped a frozen turkey on their bare foot.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Hey man, I've ever done that and that? Have you
done that?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Yes, I was still walking and it was fine, but
it hurts my whole hole in black.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Another person said they had to call in sick to
work once because they got fake nails for the first
time for a wedding, and they were in the shower
exfoliating their face and they stuck one of the fake
nails up their nose on accident and sliced their nose
and it was bleeding a tone, and then from that
moment on they were called Edward scissorhands at work for
the rest of the time they worked there.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yes, rightfully, so
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