Why I was late"On the way to the station, I got hit by a bat, it almost took my head clean off. Then the machine would not accept my ticket and the guy at the gate didn't think I looked like the photo on my travel card. So I had to go home and get my passport.
Then the train was 45 minutes late to the station because of the dangerous badger threat at Carpenters Park.
When I was on the train it took and hour and a half to get past the biscuit factory because the driver was really fat.
Then there was a delay stopping at the station because the train in front had heard we were coming and decided to play a practical joke with a rubber shoe on the track.
That is why I couldn't get here on time today."
What's your best excuse?
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chthonic, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 10:36)
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it was in my metro this morningthat people being late costs the economy something like £612M. apparently more than half the population are regularly late for work and the snooze button is the biggest culprit.
personally i was nearly late because of the same newspaper having an article about the naked african mole rat....... the same creature which has been the subject of that email about "imagine going through life looking like a dick with teeth". i cannot believe this is a real animal. i always thought that email was a joke.
i was glued to my seat with shock and very nearly ended up on my way back into central london.
EDIT: this in turn has just reminded me of one of my favourite ever qotw answers, which still makes me laugh myself silly, so thanks browser:
"I once fell asleep on a train home to Brighton, as it pulled out of Victoria station. I woke up just as it arrived back at Victoria, having been to Brighton and back again. I think that was my angriest ever moment."
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Jul 2007, 15:29,
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