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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No excuse neededHere's how it goes:
Do undergrad degree;
Work for a few years;
Do Masters degree;
Some more work;
Do PhD;
Do post-doc;
Then get a job as a lecturer and no one will ever give a shit if you show up or not. Your colleagues, if they're actually in the building, won't care. Students won't even notice. Only my Protestant work ethic and Catholic guilt actually guarantees productivity of any sort.
If anyone ever does question your attendance - and it's unlikely - just mention that you were seeing your psychiatrist and you won't get any sort of trouble at all, especially if it happens to be true.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 29 Jun 2007, 21:18,
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