National "pull a sickie" Day!

The first Monday in February is the day British workers are most likely to ring in sick .

The fact that we have had wintry weather, January blues and the Six Nations have begun, workers will be more likely to "pull a sickie". 

The cost to the economy in lost work and business opportunities, the cost of salaries and overtime payments, was to be estimated at more than £32 million in 2013...

25 OF THE MOST BIZARRE EXCUSES FOR SICK DAYS TOLD TO BOSSES

1. A can of baked beans landed on my big toe
2. I was swimming too fast and smacked my head on the poolside
3. I’ve been bitten by an insect
4. My car handbrake broke and it rolled down the hill into a lamppost
5. My dog has had a big fright and I don’t want to leave him
6. My hamster has died
7. I’ve injured myself during sex
8. I slipped on a coin
9. I’ve had a sleepless night
10. My mum has died (this was the second time the person used this excuse)
11. I am hallucinating
12. I am stuck in my house because the door’s broken
13. My new girlfriend bit me in a delicate place
14. I burned my hand on the toaster
15. The dog ate my shoes
16. My fish is sick
17. I swallowed white spirit
18. My toe is trapped in the bath tap
19. I’m in A&E as I got a clothes peg stuck on my tongue
20. I drank too much and fell asleep on someone’s floor – I don’t know where I am
21. My trousers split on the way to work
22. I’m using a new contact lens solution and my eyes are watering
23. I have a blocked nose
24. I’ve had a hair dye disaster
25. I’ve got a sore finger

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