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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses Here are a few examples of the strangest and most unusual excuses employees use when missing work.
• I have a sunburn.
• I'm not sure why but I woke up in Canada.
• I was caught selling an alligator.
• I was locked in the trunk of an abandoned car.
• I have a note from my mom that I could not go to work yesterday.
• I'm just not into it today.
• I was riding my motorcycle and I accidentally hit a nun.
• Some person threw poison ivy at me and now I have a rash on my face.
• I need to stay home as I am convinced I can catch my spouse having an affair.
• I was chasing a seagull and fell down and had to go to the hospital.
• I have a migraine from eating too many jalapeño peppers.
This focuses on MIS infrastructures, the main building blocks that function together to control the entire organization's systems. If your systems cannot operate, then your organization cannot work, similar to how your health controls your ability to work.
Attempting to do business with an organization when its systems have crashed, Internet access is down, or wireless network is malfunctioning is very frustrating. When these types of issues occur, companies do not want to broadcast that they are experiencing technical difficulties because of hackers, an unpaid utility bill, or squirrels got into the data center and ate through all of the wires (yes, that has really happened).
How many times have you called a company and the customer service representative has stated that the system is down or that the system is really slow today?
How many times have you missed submitting an assignment because your Internet service was down? Why is it important for an organization to have its systems available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year?
Why would a company hide the real reason that its systems are malfunctioning? What could happen if customers were informed that the systems were down due to hackers? How can an organization safeguard its systems?
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