Job website CareerBuilder.com has surveyed over 7,000 workers and 3,000 employers to find out the most common reasons people say they’re late for work and found that 31% of people blame traffic, 18% blame lack of sleep and 11% blame bad weather. See the top 10 most outrageous excuses people used last year after the jump – was one of those you???
10. Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor (turned out to be true).
9. Employee was late because of a job interview with another firm.
8. Employee said he wasn’t late because he had no intention of getting to work before 9:00 a.m. (his start time was 8:00 a.m.).
7. Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform (turned out to be true).
6. Employee claimed a fox stole her keys.
5. Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work hours.
4. Employee’s angry roommate cut the cord to his phone charger, so it didn’t charge and his alarm didn’t go off.
3. Employee got distracted watching the TODAY Show.
2. Employee thought she had won the lottery (but didn’t).
1. Employee’s cat had the hiccups.
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That and the fact that people hate their jobs and feel stuck due to the bad economy.
the economy is no longer bad. stop perpetuating nonsense.
you hating your job has nothing to do with the economy. you suck.
#5 should be the instilled at all jobs. For me, Its an extra two hours to commuter to work per day…that would be nice.