Being a manager is not all that rosy no matter how powerful the position may seem. A manager has to bring out the best in his team, ensure they achieve a set goal, deal with underperforming employees, respond to a crisis, manage team crisis, terminating an employee's contract and so on. Very often, managers are given ridiculous excuses by their employees when they fail a task or commit some infraction.
Below are some of the excuses managers have received from their employees for not coming to work. They vary depending on the society or country.
1. Illness (the employee, their spouse, parents)
2. Their vicinity is flooded
3. Was robbed
4. Car developed some fault
5. Forced eviction by house owner
Oftentimes these excuses are not real. It is just the employee needing some personal time off to attend to issues he feels might not get management approval. Giving fake excuses are a tricky business; your manager might just decide to take a step further and investigate. When found out for missing work based on flimsy excuses, employees have been penalized. It is always best to be honest with your manager what you want the time off for. You don’t have to go into details, just say the truth.

You won't need an excuse if you don't have a job

I had an interview somewhere and called the office to tell them I went to see the dentist. I later turned up for the Office that day looking forlon. They took it.

I can't make it to work sir, I won 600,000 naira from bet9ja. I Won't be working anymore. Thank you. Hangs up!