Theme Thursday = Late

Everyone has been late a few times in their lives. The most common reasons for being late to work include traffic, sick kids, falling back to sleep, going back to get a forgotten item, or misplacing your keys.

One in five employees admit to making up fake excuses to explain their tardiness. Hiring managers provided the following 10 examples of the most unusual excuses employees offered for arriving late to work:

1. I dreamed that I was fired, so I didn't bother to get out of bed.

2. I had to take my cat to the dentist.

3. I went all the way to the office and realized I was still in my pajamas and had to go home to change.

4. I saw that you weren't in the office, so I went out looking for you.

5. I couldn't find the right tie, so I had to wait for the stores to open so I could buy one.

6. My son tried to flush our ferret down the toilet and I needed to tend to the ferret.

7. I ran over a goat.

8. I stopped for a bagel sandwich, the store was robbed and the police required everyone to stay for questioning.

9. A bee flew in my car and attacked me and I had to pull over.

10. I wet my pants and went home to change.

So, there you have it! Next time you are running late, you can give usual "I couldn't find my car keys" or you could be a bit more imaginative and say you ran over a goat! LOL!

• Evasion
• eXcuse
• Cop-out
• Unravel
• Story
• Explain
• Song and dance

Info from careerbuilder.com poll taken in 2006

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