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  2. 10 Hilarious Excuses for Missing Work That People Have ... - AOL

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    8. My Car Wouldn't Unlock. Another Redditor shared the hilarious excuse they used for being late to work by claiming that their car door wouldn't open. “Sorry I’m late - my car wouldn’t ...

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    The survey asked hiring managers to share the most suspicious excuses employees have given for missing a day of work -- and some might totally shock you. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people ...

  4. The dog ate my homework - Wikipedia

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    The excuse for the brevity of the document did not become the punchline for another 18 years. The first use of the phrase recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1929, in an essay in the British newspaper The Guardian: "It is a long time since I have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework." This suggests it had ...

  5. Rationalization (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Rationalization (psychology) Rationalization is a defense mechanism (ego defense) in which apparent logical reasons are given to justify behavior that is motivated by unconscious instinctual impulses. [ 1] It is an attempt to find reasons for behaviors, especially one's own. [ 2] Rationalizations are used to defend against feelings of guilt ...

  6. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people have used to ... - AOL

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    The survey asked hiring managers to share the most suspicious excuses employees have given for missing a day of work -- and some might totally shock you. 14 of the most ridiculous excuses people ...

  7. The 10 Worst Excuses For Missing Work - AOL

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    We all have to pay the bills, but sometimes the office is literally the last place in the universe you want to be. The reasons can run the gamut, but life has a way of occurring just when a ...

  8. Self-handicapping - Wikipedia

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    Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem. [1] It was first theorized by Edward E. Jones and Steven Berglas, [2] according to whom self-handicaps are obstacles created, or claimed, by the individual in anticipation of failing performance. [3]

  9. 5 Excuses To Call Out Of Work, If You’re About To Explode - AOL

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