The Oldest Sick-Day Excuses in History 🍺

3,000 years ago, an Egyptian scribe kept a record of every excuse workers gave for missing work… and some of them are wild. 🦂🍺

This is based on a real document: an ostracon (an inscribed piece of limestone) from Deir el-Medina, the village of the craftsmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Dated to around 1250 BC, during the reign of Ramesses II, it lists the absences of 40 workers over almost a year, with reasons such as "stung by a scorpion," "embalming his brother," and "brewing beer." Today it's in the British Museum.

And yes: Egyptian workers were partly paid in bread and beer.

Born 3,000 years too late. 😅

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