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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I'm chronically latefor everything, so I've come up with a number of good reliable excuses. Of course, the power outage and bus breakdowns work, but it can only happen so often before people become suspicious. When I need a good made up excuse now, I rely on my pets. "My cat got into the pointsettia my aunt gave me" works great in December (they're toxic to cats), for people who know fish, "my tank crashed and I had to do an emergency water change" is reliable (especially for my boyfriend, who works at a petshop), and the good old reliable "I was feeding my parakeet and he got out of his cage! I had the chase the little bastard around for 20 minutes til I finally caught him." I've never gotten in trouble with any of those. The key is to look slightly more frustrated than apologetic, as if it's as annoying for you as it is for them.
My favorite, though, was completely true. I often have long gaps between classes, and one day, I left my first class, which ended at 11:50, and went to the student lounge to wait for my next class, at 3:30. Around 1:30, it finally occurs to me, my class ends at 3:30... it started at 12:30. Mind you, this was well into the quarter, too. So, I slunk into class, just in time for the break in the middle. I told my professor the truth, and although she gave me a strange look, it was just too strange and dumb to make up, so I got off :)
(, Sat 30 Jun 2007, 3:00, Reply)
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