According to a new survey, 29% of us are late to work at least once a month . . . 16% are late at least once a week . . . and 41% of bosses have FIRED someone for it. Here are the ten weirdest excuses people have used . . .
1. “I forgot it wasn’t the weekend.”
2. “I got Vaseline in my eyes.”
3. “I thought Flag Day was a national holiday.”
4. “My pet turtle had to go to the vet.”
5. “I overslept, because my kids changed all the clocks in the house.”
6. “I got cornered by a moose.”
7. “My mom locked me in a closet.”
8. “The sunrise was so beautiful, I had to stop and take it in.”
9. “My mother-in-law wouldn’t stop talking.”
10. “My dad offered to make me a grilled cheese sandwich, and I couldn’t say no.”
They also found the five most COMMON excuses: “I got stuck in traffic” . . . “I slept through my alarm” . . . “The weather was bad” . . . “I was too tired to get up” . . . and “I procrastinated and didn’t leave on time.”
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