This from an IT manager responsible for 36 programmers and QA staff at a billion-dollar company. She raised llamas in her spare time, so it was probably the truth. Even funnier, she didn't seem to think it was an unusual excuse! Sick kids and deceased relatives can't be avoided, but she mentioned it as if HR gave everyone three live llama birth days a year.
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