Didn’t hear your alarm? The dog ran away? Didn’t want to expose the world to your unsightly blemish?
Think you have used every excuse in the book to explain why you were late to work?
Well, maybe not…
CareerBuilder has come out with a list of the most bizarre, outrageous excuses employers have heard from their employees for their tardiness:
- I thought of quitting today, but then decided not to, so I came in late.
- My hair caught on fire from my blow dryer.
- I was detained by Homeland Security.
- I had to chase my cows back into the field.
- A black bear entered my carport and decided to take a nap on the hood of my car.
- My lizard had to have emergency surgery in the morning and died during surgery. I had to mourn while deciding whether to have the lizard disposed of by the vet or bring the lizard corpse with me to work.
- There was fresh powder on the hill. I had to go skiing.
- There was a store grand opening and I wanted to get the opening day sales.
- I had to finish watching “My Name is Earl.”
- All of my clothes were stolen.
- I was confused by the time change and unsure if it was “spring forward” or “fall back.”
- A Vaseline truck overturned on the highway and cars were slipping left and right.
According to the article, about 25 percent of employees said they were late to work at least one a month, with 13 percent saying they made it a weekly habit.
CareerBuilder said that more than 2,500 “hiring and human resource managers” participated in the survey, while more than 3,200 employees took part as well.
The survey was conducted by Harris Poll between November 4 and December 1, 2015.
Now get back to work!