I don't know other peoples circumstances but I have 270+ work related absences from Canada in my capacity as a truck driver and the only way I can back most of them up is to show my drivers log book, which is one page per day, times that by 365 and then again by 5 and suddenly thats five very full ring binders that you certainly wouldn't be putting in to any envelope.
I don't know if they'd actually want to see my log books, but at the same time I'd hate to be sat there and asked to prove my absences or presence and not have my log books with me to do so so in that respect, I may be that person who wants to take a large bag along.
