人们形形色色的请假理由

Now that summer vacation season is just a memory, and winter cold-and-flu season is looming, it's a good time to contemplate people's reasons for calling in to say that they are just not planning to show up.

夏天假期已经悄悄过去，寒冷难耐、流感横行的冬天即将来临。盘点人们形形色色的请假理由，现在正是时候。

Of course, no sane manager expects 100% attendance from everybody all the time. Life doesn't work that way. Have I ever told you about the time I tripped over my dog and had to go to the emergency room to get 17 stitches? No? Well, of course not. Who wants to admit to being unable to navigate a room without tripping over a dog?

当然，但凡理智的老板都不会期望所有员工的出勤率都保持在100%。这是不现实的。我有没有说过我曾经被狗绊了一跤，结果去急诊室缝了17针？这样的糗事我当然不会声张了，谁愿意主动承认在自己家里还会被狗绊倒摔一跤呢？

And while we're on this thread, here's another thing: Who doesn't take a mental-health day every once in a while? Answer (you know it): A really scary person you would not want to be around. Or work for.

既然说到这个问题，还有一件事：谁敢说自己不会每隔一段时间就会有一天精神恍惚？如果真有这样的人，那他肯定非常恐怖，不会有人愿意与他打交道。更别提一起共事了。

We get it. Really. But there are limits.

所以，对于请假我们都非常理解。但凡事总有限度。

Or are there? Job site CareerBuilder recently asked 2,696 human resources managers and 4,384 full-time employees for the "most unusual" reasons for absence that they had heard, seen, or perpetrated. The researchers got some intriguing answers. Here are a few:

但事实果真如此吗？最近，求职网站凯业必达（CareerBuilder）对2,696名人力资源经理和4,384名全球员工进行了调查，征询他们听说的、见过的或者自己用过的“最不同凡响”的缺勤理由。调查人员得到了一些有趣的答案。比如：