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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Faster, you weakling!I missed the school bus & subsequently had to make the trip by train, including the 1 mile uphill trek from the destination that the journey entailed. The reason: I agreed to help a who bloke was sitting astride a Kawasaki Ninja looking a bit peturbed at its failure to start. He asked me to push start it for him but as I was only about 13, and he was a big fucker, I was having some trouble gathering the necessary speed. I heaved, I panted, I shoved, I pranced about like a tit trying to get the machine to turn over...
Whilst I was poncing up and down on the pavement trying to get the thing going, the bus passed me and I got mooned by my schoolbound chums; something that only served to add insult to injury. It occurred to me at this point that schoolkids have a funny way of displaying empathy. I've since used this excuse for lateness at work in various jobs and it has served me well.
To save subsequent posting, I'm also a big fan of "My washine machine suffered a sudden bout of incontinence and the kitchen was under a foot of water, you know how it is..." It always gets the sympathy vote because the other person is just chuffed it's happened to you and not them. As proof of its effectiveness, I used that in a job interview and still got the position.
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Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Tue 3 Jul 2007, 12:26,
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