Employees who are currently working or have worked may have come up with some of the strangest and weirdest excuses when they are late work.  Many employees have encountered legitimate situations and issues where their excuse is true.  There are times when it’s time to get up for work, it’s easy to hit the snooze button of your phone or alarm clock repeatedly.  Although despite hearing the alarm repeatedly you will eventually get up out of bed, put on some decent professional clothing and slowly slide into work and then act as if you’ve been there for the past hour.  The main types of work excuses include traffic, bad weather, lack of sleep, and getting kids to daycare or school.  Additional types of excuses were delays from public transportation, spouses, internet usage, and pets.

Several top weird excuses:

·         One employer thought she had won the lottery (in reality she didn’t).

·         Employee claimed they got distracted while watching a show.

·         An employee thought his commute time would count toward his work hours.

·         An employee thought a little fox grabbed her car keys and that’s the reason why she was late.

·         Employee mentioned they were late because they were at a job interview with another company.

·         An employee had to take a private call from a state governor which (turned out to be true)!

·         An employee’s leg was trapped within the subway doors and platform (turned out to be true).

·         One said that a deer bit him during hunting season and that’s why he couldn’t go to work.

Reference:  http://www.theworkbuzz.com/news/job-surveys/10-weird-excuses-workers-use-when-late-to-work/