Late to Work? 10 Most Outrageous Excuses !

[mango]

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Admit it: Have you ever been late to work and felt the need to embellish the truth a bit so the boss wouldn't know you just hit the snooze alarm one too many times?

You're not alone. Fully 20 percent of working adults admit they have at one time or another made up a fake excuse to explain their tardy arrival at work. That's the word from a CareerBuilder.com survey of 2,500 employees, including 1,000 hiring managers, that also determined 13 percent of U.S. workers arrive late to work at least once a week and 24 percent arrive late at least once a month. Darn that traffic!

What do managers think of all this tardiness? For the most part, they're cool with it! "While the majority of hiring managers tend to be lenient if employees occasionally run late, others are much stricter in their policies," said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder.com. "Thirty percent of hiring managers say they don't care if their employees come in late as long as their work is completed on time with good quality. However, one in 10 hiring managers say they would consider terminating an employee if he/she arrives late once or twice in a given year. One in five say a pink slip may be in order if an employee is late three times in a year."

So what are the real reasons employees are late?

Traffic: 27 percent
Falling back to sleep: 11 percent
Getting kids ready for school or day care: 10 percent
Other reasons: Forgetting something at home, feeling sick and the inability to find house or car keys.
Not surprisingly, Monday is the most popular day for late arrivals, according to 64 percent of hiring managers. While the majority of hiring managers don't typically question the validity of the reasons provided, 35 percent say most of the time they don't believe the excuses.

The top 10 most outrageous excuses for being late to work:

I dreamed that I was fired, so I didn't bother to get out of bed.
I had to take my dog to the dentist.
I went all the way to the office and realized I was still in my pajamas and had to go home to change.
I saw that you weren't in the office, so I went out looking for you.
I couldn't find the right tie, so I had to wait for the stores to open so I could buy one.
My son tried to flush our cat down the toilet, and I needed to tend to the cat.
I ran over a goat.
I stopped for a sandwich, the store was robbed and the police required everyone to stay for questioning.
A bee flew in my car and attacked me, and I had to pull over.
I wet my pants and went home to change.

[Cho...]

hahaha. may unta ug paakon sa ako sup.

[bratzee]

1. traffic.
2. traffic.
3. traffic.
4. traffic.
5. traffic.
6. traffic.
7. traffic.
8. traffic.
9. traffic.
10. traffic.

[meyshil]

sus kung pwede pa ni irason nahatag na cgro ni nako tanan sa ako boss
wahahaha

[journeyman]

naplatan ko sir.

[Baroy]

ah sir gabahan man gud sa amoa...

[sam_maybe]

traffic... =p

[piaosigua]

wala ko ika plete sa jeep..

[vladmire]

1. traffic.
2. traffic.
3. traffic.
4. traffic.
5. traffic.
6. traffic.
7. traffic.
8. traffic.
9. traffic.
10. traffic.

nice excuses but in manila, kataw-an raka ani na reason.

[tekolz]

Me: Sir, kaila ka ni Jun...katong silingan namo sa una nga nagtrabaho sa mepza...duna sya tulo ka anak pulos babae...ang isa graduate na nya ang duha nag-eskwela...gilihilantan bitaw na iyang tiya...nya ne-aging adlaw gi-admit sa ospital...pero ok na karon...pero pagpalit nya ug tambang sa eskina bitaw sa unahan kilid sa may puno-an diha sa atong barangay...nisakay xa dira nya sayop pa jud kay diman to jeep iyang na sakyan...private diay to xa...nya..human Sir.....kuan daun nag taxi nalng....nakahinumdum xa nga klasmyt diay tong driver iyang gisakyan sa kindergarten sa katong driver sa private...nya nahibong xa ang taxi driver cge tan.aw..karibal diay to sa una niya sa ikatulo nyang kabit..nya Sir...
Sir: ZZZzzzzZZZzzzZZZZzz
Me: Sir...Sir...mao daun to...sowi Sir ha late ko....
Sir: Pistol nimo woi sulod na did2...kaw..
Me: tenk u sir, next time na pud...

Saying sorry won't kill you....