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?
(
chthonic, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 10:36)
« Go Back
Lateness...I used to work for a company that had a very strict lateness/absence policy. Either of them earned you a return to work interview. The standard question in the interview was "will it happen again?". Mine went something like this...
ME : Sorry I was late, my Dad crashed the company van last night and wound up in hospital.
BOSS : Is it likely to happen again?
ME : No, he's written the van off now...
Bastard didn't even crack a smile...
(, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 14:14, Reply)
« Go Back