How do I lie to my boss and everyone that I work with? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 9, 2009 - 39 answers

How can I gracefully pull out of attending a party at the last moment? [more inside]
posted by t0astie on Oct 17, 2009 - 12 answers

I'm in a not great situation at my current employer and am actively looking for a new job. How do I come up with reasons why I have to leave work for interviews? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 7, 2009 - 30 answers

Two-pronged question: (1.) How do you get out of work if you wake up with a massive coldsore?; & (2.) Do most people just go to work with a coldsore? [more inside]
posted by nomnomnom on Oct 3, 2008 - 28 answers

I was turned down for a job. The reason given was that they couldn't match the salary range that I could get from other jobs. Is this a common "polite lie" among employers or is this the actual reason for me not getting hired? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 18, 2008 - 12 answers

Good calling-off-work excuses? Any of you have good lies to tell the powers that be when life is too tough that you can't get up in the morning? Any good short term illnesses (duration 2-3 days) to claim having? As an aside, what're the best/funniest/weirdest excuses you've heard from colleagues about why they didn't turn up yesterday?
posted by Jongo on Feb 4, 2005 - 46 answers

Can anyone provide an example in which an author creates a work that is later shown to have an fairly obvious flaw or factual error, that the author eventually acknowledges? I'm more specifically looking for the author's reaction, reply or excuse when presented with this error. The older, the better.
posted by milovoo on Sep 1, 2004 - 25 answers