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Survey: Whopper excuses for calling in sick

On the whopper-excuse scale for employees calling in sick, how can "I ate something bad" come remotely close to "a bird bit me," "my toe is stuck in a faucet" or "I'm suffering from a broken heart"?

These are some of the "colorful explanations" employees have given for taking a sick day, according to responses from 2,494 U.S. employers surveyed in summer by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder,...

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