<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d2dd18e3-dddf-4aa9-b7e4-9061728e0945/87AB21BF-C2A0-469A-B441-278E0842B900/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant" href="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant" style="font-size: 11px;">career-advice.monster.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>Smart Excuses</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I've Earned It:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I'm Playing Golf with a Client:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I'm Too Sleepy:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I Can't Get My Car Out of the Garage:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I Can't Find My Polling Place:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><STRONG>I Have a Personal Emergency:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://career-advice.monster.com/work-hard-play-hard/Ten-Excuses-for-Missing-Work/IBS.aspx?key=ant"><P>We've all been there. It's a beautiful day, and you can't bear the thought of going into work. So you call in with some excuse about feeling ill, but you know in your bones that your boss doesn't buy it.</p> <P>The feeling ill excuse is a short-term solution that won't win you any fans at the office -- someone else will have to pick up the slack, or you'll miss deadlines. And it won't help your career any. Here are 10 excuses -- five smart and five not-so-smart -- to help you save face and your sanity.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/87AB21BF-C2A0-469A-B441-278E0842B900/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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