By: Seven All-Time Inventive Late Excuses From Workers
Personal Preferences
48% of employers expect their staffers to be on time every day, while 34% say it's fine to be late every once in a while as long as it doesn't become a pattern.
Singular Measurement
18% don't care how their employees manage their time, saying all that matters is that they do their jobs well.
Dismissed for Cause
35% have fired an employee for tardiness.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Out All Night
An employee confessed to waking up on the front lawn of a house two blocks away from his home.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Potty Training
A worker's cat got stuck in the toilet.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Vision Challenged
A staffer accidentally put super glue in her eye instead of contact-lens solution, and had to go to the emergency room.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Scary Notion
An employee thought Halloween was a work holiday.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Poor-ous Explanation
A worker said there was a hole in the roof, which caused rain to fall on the alarm clock and, as a result, it didn't go off.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Misdirected
An employee forgot the company had changed locations.
All-Time Inventive Late Excuses: Wild Kingdom
A worker claimed a zebra was running up and down the highway, holding up traffic. (But this excuse turned out to be true.)
