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What Are the Best Excuses for Being Late to Work?
NJ1015.com ^ | February 26, 2014 9:00 PM | Steve Trevelise

Posted on 02/27/2014 7:21:52 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum

A new national survey by Careerbuilder,com puts traffic on top with 39 per cent of those surveyed. There’s nothing like that helpless feeling of sitting in traffic knowing you’re going to be late for work. Next up, lack of sleep at 19 per cent, followed by problems with bad trabsportation at 8 per cent. 7 per cent blame the weather, 6 percent are late due to dropping children at daycare or school and fifteen per cent of employees of employees admit to arriving late for work at least once a week.

But there are other more unusual excuses like…

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: employment; excuses; work
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To: reed13k

Yeah, when I’m managing managers I don’t really care as long as we’re communicating effectively and we’re hitting the marks. When you’re managing the people associated with equipment and operations it’s a different matter. I’m semi-retired now, but back in the day I was responsible for moving people and equipment coast to coast on very short notice. When you’ve got teams set up, it’s hard to just plug someone else in because somebody missed a flight or didn’t plan for potential delays.


81 posted on 02/27/2014 11:02:28 AM PST by stormer
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To: a fool in paradise; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; GeronL

82 posted on 02/27/2014 11:03:08 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: Slings and Arrows


83 posted on 02/27/2014 11:13:22 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: Lazamataz

I once used “I was stuck in fourth gear with the pedal stuck to the floor” .... Ironically there was a high speed chase on tv that very morning and some folks thought I escaped the law, making it to work.


84 posted on 02/27/2014 11:20:06 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
There is no good excuse for being late.

Ever.

Be on time.

You've obviously never been scheduled for execution..........or a court mandated castration.

Or a forced marriage to the ugliest girl in the village.......


85 posted on 02/27/2014 12:11:07 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Occam's razor was made by Gillette)
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To: stormer

yep offsite/moving ops is a totally different animal


86 posted on 02/27/2014 12:12:08 PM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

Swan blocking the road. Their big, their nasty, their hard to get out of your front grille.


87 posted on 02/27/2014 1:09:48 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: latina4dubya

I was kidding about the “no excuse” thing.
I wish we could settle on a font around here that would
show what one wrote was meant to be a joke.
The difference in a good hand (employe) and a bad one is
what you are willing to tolerate. 5.5 weeks that’s what.
33 days. If that’s all you missed, and you worked a few
weekends and you let them know in advance before you went
back home, then really over a year that’s not bad at all.
You don’t sound like your late to work very often anyway.


88 posted on 02/27/2014 1:10:20 PM PST by Slambat
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To: Slambat
I was kidding about the “no excuse” thing.

i know... i just felt like spieling :) i thought i threw a "ha," and a smiley at the beginning to let you know i knew you were kidding... haha! but anyway--thank you!

89 posted on 02/27/2014 1:21:38 PM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Focault's Pendulum; a fool in paradise

Here’s one I actually used:

My dog had a toothache.


90 posted on 02/27/2014 1:24:48 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

Repeat these words to the boss and you’ll never run into trouble: “Dad, I had to take Mom to the hospital.”


91 posted on 02/27/2014 3:52:25 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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