In Tokyo, Japan, on August 19, the Monday morning blues got the best of a 20-something Japanese businesswoman. According to the Sankei Shimbun (a local newspaper), she tied herself to a chair, faking a burglary, and went back to sleep.
The owner of the apartment happened along, found her "unconscious," and called the police. When the local Columbos arrived, they found it curious that there were no signs of forced entry into the apartment. Confronted with the evidence of her poor skills at making excuses, the woman fessed up: "I did not want to go to work, so I did it as an excuse for absence without due notice."
The gumshoes responded to this new wrinkle in their trench coats by issuing her a reprimand, without pressing charges. We're sure that her employers will charge her with plenty.
There's little doubt in our minds that this woman is in little danger of suffering from the malady that the Japanese famously call karoshi—death from overwork. While we admire her desire to avoid work, a basic principle of excuse making is, "An excuse should not require more trouble than the amount of trouble you're trying to avoid by making the excuse." This woman desperately needs to become a regular reader of World of Excuses.
By the way, what did that woman expect to do all day, tied to a chair—watch Doraemon cartoons?
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