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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ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!When I was a student, I used to get the Silverlink metro service from Kenton to Euston every day. Kenton, being a pretty small station, often had nobody manning the ticket office, and the ticket machine was often not working. On this particular morning, both of these things had occurred simultaneously, and thus I had no way of buying a ticket. Never mind, I thought. I'll explain the situation and buy a ticket when I get to Euston.
So half an hour later I make my way to the excess fares booth and ask for a one day travelcard. This should have cost about £5.
Silverlink Cretin: That's £9.50 please?
Grandmasterfluffles: What?
SC: £9.50
GMF: Isn't it supposed to be £5?
SC: Not if you buy it at your destination.
GMF: WHAT??
SC: (adopts patronising tone) Well, if you'd bought a ticket at Kenton...
GMF: I couldn't buy a ticket at Kenton! There were no staff and the ticket machine wasn't working!
SC: It's not my problem, you should have bought a ticket at Kenton
GMF: So basically, because of your short staffing and your failure to fix that ticket machine, I'm being charged twice as much
SC: All complaints must be registered in writing
GMF: I'd like to speak to the manager please
SC: All complaints must be registered in writing. That'll be £9.50 please
Those ticket booths have perspex coverings for a reason - if it hadn't been for that I'd have punched him.
So I was late for my counterpoint tutorial because I was screaming hysterically at a Silverlink Cretin before handing over £9.50 when I was already at the arse end of my overdraft. Fuckers.
(, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 12:05, Reply)
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