Keep a note of the excuses used.
She gets no insurance at work, she says, adding that this did not stop her employer from recently demanding a doctor's note to excuse two days of absence when she had the flu.
For example, a school that usually allows a parental note to excuse an absence, but won't on the day of the protest, may have a problem.
The president quickly jotted a note to excuse the girl: To Kennedy's teacher: Please excuse Kennedy's absence.
Students of the art of bullshit may note the excuse of "keeping one's cards close to one's chest" for future reference.
How time flies (if you'll excuse a note of sarcasm).
"This may be some kind of excuse.
The less controversial kind of excuse is cognitive, and is enshrined in the famous M'Naughten rules.
King was quick to note of his fighter's condition, "that's not an excuse.
Translation: There really is no excuse that overpriced auditors didn't take note of these studies and laser in on potential miscreants' option accounting.
