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Whenever I give my excuses for being late or absent, I always make it a point to seem like that I am much more upset or disappointed about being late than my supervisor. That generally seems to work regardless of the excuse I'm giving.
I stick to the ones that everyone else has given, except the ones about kids because I don't have any. But, one time I didn't feel like coming back to work after lunch. As I was slowly walking back to my building, I saw that the bank a few blocks away had been robbed. So, I called my supervisor and told him that I had gone to the bank during my lunch hour and it had been held up while I was there. I told him that the police were going to be interviewing everyone involved and that I was really shaken up. I got the rest of that day and the next off to recover from my terrorizing event. When I came back, I told everyone that I'd rather not talk about what happened so I wouldn't have to answer any questions.
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