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"Admit it: There&amp;#039;s been at least one morning where you&amp;#039;ve woken up, emailed your boss to say you were too sick to come in, and spent the rest of the day binge-watching Netflix, perfectly healthy. But some&amp;amp;nbsp;creative individuals decided to go all-out in an attempt to make their excuses seem more legit. Here are 16 of the best submissions from&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200BCosmopolitan.com&amp;amp;nbsp;readers,&amp;amp;nbsp;plus some of&amp;amp;nbsp;the funniest (and grossest) excuses from the rest of the Internet: \u200B1. &amp;quot;My bathtub fell through my ceiling.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;I decided to take a girls&amp;#039; trip to Vegas for my BFF&amp;#039;s bachelorette party and told my boss that my bathtub fell through my ceiling and I would be out for three&amp;amp;nbsp;days because of the repairs. He totally bought it!&amp;quot; \u2014Molly, emailed to&amp;amp;nbsp;Cosmopolitan.com 2. &amp;quot;My cat got stuck on the side of the bathtub.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;One time I told my boss that I would be late to work because my cat got stuck in the side of the bathtub and I needed to wait for the fire department to get him out (this&amp;amp;nbsp;story really did happen, but a few days earlier.)&amp;quot; \u2014Leah, 20, emailed toCosmopolitan.com \u200B3. &amp;quot;They said to party like it was 1999, and I did just that.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;Last year, I attended a Backstreet Boys concert.&amp;amp;nbsp;Yes, Backstreet Boys. It was amazing. They said that night to party like it was 1999 and I did just that. Because of this, I woke up the next morning without a voice. I proceeded to call into work to tell them (barely) that I wouldn&amp;#039;t be at work today because I had no voice because of the Backstreet Boys concert. I then had to explain (again, barely) who the Backstreet Boys were and why a 28-year-old almost married woman was going to boyband concerts in her free time.&amp;quot; \u2014Elizabeth, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com 4. &amp;quot;He thought I was having an existential meltdown.&amp;quot; \u200B&amp;quot;I was late for work a few days in a row, and my boss asked why. I sighed heavily and said, &amp;quot;I just don&amp;#039;t know.&amp;quot; All I meant was that I didn&amp;#039;t have a good reason, but he thought I was having an existential meltdown and gave me the next couple of days off.&amp;quot; \u2014Reddit\u200B 5\u200B. &amp;quot;I told my client that my little brother shat himself.&amp;quot;\u200B&amp;quot;I canceled a lunch meeting with a client because my crush asked me to get coffee at the same time. I panicked and told my client and boss that my little brother shat himself at school and needed new clothes.&amp;quot; \u2014Rachel, 21,&amp;amp;nbsp;emailed to&amp;amp;nbsp;Cosmopolitan.com 6. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s my half-sister&amp;#039;s grandma&amp;#039;s birthday.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;\u200BI wasn&amp;#039;t in the mood to go to work because it was such a beautiful day. So instead, I went to the Hamptons to start a long weekend and&amp;amp;nbsp;told my boss that it&amp;#039;s my half-sister&amp;#039;s grandma&amp;#039;s birthday and that I would be out for the day.&amp;quot; \u2014Ally, 27, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com \u200B7. &amp;quot;His penis was injured during sex.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;My boyfriend once called in claiming that his penis was injured during sex. He had to walk around with a limp for a few days. Even canceled one afternoon to &amp;#039;get it checked by a doctor.&amp;#039;&amp;amp;nbsp;We&amp;#039;re mutual friends with his coworkers and management&amp;amp;nbsp;... Needless to say, I&amp;#039;m the one that still gets blamed for his &amp;#039;horrific injury&amp;#039; every time we see them. Thanks BF!&amp;quot; \u2014Reddit \u200B8. &amp;quot;My&amp;amp;nbsp;fianc\u00E9 called off our engagement.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;I wanted to help my little sister move into her college dorm her freshman year;&amp;amp;nbsp;however, it required me taking off a Friday and I had already used all of&amp;amp;nbsp;my vacation days up. I called my boss the night before and told her that me and my fianc\u00E9 called off our engagement and that I needed a day off. She felt so bad about it and told me to take as much time as I needed to mourn the loss of my relationship. I had to pretend three&amp;amp;nbsp;weeks later that we got back together and we&amp;#039;re&amp;amp;nbsp;happily engaged again. My fianc\u00E9 wasn&amp;#039;t too pleased about it!&amp;quot; \u2014Karen, emailed to&amp;amp;nbsp;Cosmopolitan.com 9. &amp;quot;My cat is having kittens!&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;I skipped work because my boyfriend surprised me with tickets to see Beyonc\u00E9&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Jay&amp;amp;nbsp;Z&amp;amp;nbsp;last summer. I ended up telling my boss that my&amp;amp;nbsp;cat was having her kittens and I needed to be there for emotional support.&amp;quot; \u2014Kayla, 21, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com 10. &amp;quot;My dog got stuck in the doggy door.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;I wanted to visit my boyfriend at school one day so I told my boss that my fat dog got stuck in his doggy door at my home and that I had to wait for the fire department to come and rescue him. He didn&amp;#039;t question anything.&amp;quot; \u2014Jenny, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com 11. &amp;quot;The chemicals were bad for the cat.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;I told my boss a few days in advance that my building was being sprayed by the exterminator and&amp;amp;nbsp;I had to stay home because the chemical was bad for the cat or some B.S. Instead I went a Cubs game at Wrigley.&amp;quot; \u2014Reddit\u200B \u200B12. &amp;quot;My sister was going into emergency labor.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;Once, I told my supervisor that my sister was going into emergency labor and I had to get to the hospital since I lived the closest to her. My boss let me take off two&amp;amp;nbsp;days to be with my family. I don&amp;#039;t even have a sister.&amp;quot; \u2014Dylan, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com \u200B13. &amp;quot;I called my boss a few hours after my shift started to tell her I had been in a car&amp;amp;nbsp;accident.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;I forgot to call in to work and tell my boss I was taking the day off, so instead I called my boss a few hours after my shift started to tell her I had been in a car accident and was going to the hospital to get checked out. She totally bought it;&amp;amp;nbsp;however, karma was not on my side. Three&amp;amp;nbsp;days later, I actually got in an accident while I was driving to work. My boss now thinks I am the world&amp;#039;s worst\u200B&amp;amp;nbsp;driver.&amp;quot; \u2014Sarah, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com \u200B14. &amp;quot;I stubbed my toe really badly.&amp;quot;\u200B&amp;quot;I was already running super late to work and didn&amp;#039;t really feel like showing up. I decided to call up my boss and tell her that I stubbed my toe really badly and that it was swelling up. I&amp;#039;m a waitress so I have to be on my feet all day. I added that I didn&amp;#039;t want to risk dropping any plates on customers, which totally helped me get out of work.&amp;quot; \u2014Anna B, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com 15. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve used the exact same story of having to attend the same dead aunt&amp;#039;s funeral on six different occasions.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;quot;My boss has a terrible memory&amp;amp;nbsp;(I honestly think she&amp;#039;s bordering on dementia)&amp;amp;nbsp;and she is totally against time off of work unless it involves a family emergency. Over the past two&amp;amp;nbsp;years, I&amp;#039;ve used the exact same story of having to attend the same dead aunt&amp;#039;s funeral on six different occasions. Now I just see it as a game to see how many times I can grieve the same dead person before she catches on.&amp;quot; \u2014Reddit\u200B \u200B16. &amp;quot;I called up my boss and told her my car got a flat tire.&amp;quot;\u200B&amp;quot;My favorite store was having their annual summer sale and the only time I would have been able to go was during work. I called up my boss and told her my car got a flat tire and that I was stuck on the side of a road waiting for Triple A to show up. She offered to come pick me up from wherever I was, which made me feel even worse about my lie. Eventually she let it go and told me to take the day off.&amp;quot; \u2014Amy, emailed to Cosmopolitan.com Follow Cydney on Twitter.&amp;amp;nbsp; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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