10 most outrageous excuses for arriving late for work

Courtesy of Employee Benefit News:

1. Employee’s cat had the hiccups.

2. Employee thought she had won the lottery. (She didn’t.)

3. Employee got distracted watching the “Today Show.”

4. Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work

5.Employee’s angry roommate cut the cord to his phone charger, so it didn’t charge and his alarm didn’t go off

6. Employee claimed a fox stole her car keys

7. Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform. (This one actually turned out to be true!)

8. Employee said he wasn’t late because he had no intention of getting to work before 9 a.m. (although his start time was 8 a.m.

9. Employee was late because of a job interview with another firm.

10. Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor. (This one turned out to be true as well.)