We've all been there when we aren't sick but we want to call into work sick to just have the day/night off....we're all guilty of it...

A new survey by CareerBuilder reveals that 30% of people have called in sick   in the past year when they are not actually ill. Other findings:

  - 18% of employers have had other employees call a suspected faker

- 14% of employers have driven by the sick employee's home

- 29% of employers have checked up on an employee to verify that the illness   is legitimate, usually by requiring a doctor's note or calling the employee   later in the day.

  - 17% of employers have fired employees for giving a fake excuse

  - the most common reasons employees call in sick are because they just don't   feel like going to work (34%) or because they felt like they needed to relax   (29%). Others take a day off so they can make a doctor's appointment (22%),   catch up on sleep (16%) or run errands (15%).

When asked to share the most memorable explanations employees have used for   missing work, employers reported the following real-life examples:

- Employee's sobriety tool wouldn't allow the car to start

  - Employee forgot he had been hired for the job

  - Employee said her dog was having a nervous breakdown

  - Employee's dead grandmother was being exhumed for a police investigation

  - Employee's toe was stuck in a faucet

  - Employee said a bird bit her

  - Employee was upset after watching "The Hunger Games"

  - Employee got sick from reading too much

  - Employee was suffering from a broken heart

  - Employee's hair turned orange from dyeing her hair at home