Excuses for being late for work

[centurian]

How about "My interview overran"....

Obviously works better if you are suited up.

[doomage]

WMFS

I start when I start, therefore I'm always on time

A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

[Sysman]

In this morning's paper there was an entry a bit like this one:



Except today's photo had a truck falling off a railway platform.

The lad was going to be late for an interview, so took a photo with his phone and emailed it to the paper.

[Bunk]

Why do you need an excuse?

If I get in late and someone asks why? I just shrug my shoulders.

WMFS

I start when I start, therefore I'm always on time

[northernladuk]

[TestMangler]

Back in the bad old days of permiedom, I was in the scientific civil service.

We had a start time of 8.30 which I rarely made

On a couple of occasions, a fairly senior bloke quizzed my timekeeping.

First time he asked what time I was in that morning. I responded apologetically, stating that it was 'nearer 9 than 8.30'. My response was perfectly true though, in a technical sense. It was 10 to 10.

Second time, I unfortunately bumped in to him on the steps of the building we worked in. He gave me a look and said "Late again Mangler". I gave him a look back and said "Don't worry man, so was I"

It was never a happy relationship........

[wurzel]

When I worked at the Babycham factory in Shepton Mallet back in the 80s we had a green card holder called Tulip

During one cold spell, he claimed that he had left his window open when he went to sleep and woke up under a snow drift & he had to be dug out.

Another time he got lost & tried clocking in at the Clarks shoe factory instead.

He also showed his wonger to Princess Anne when she did a tour of the factory.

[MarillionFan]

Bloke came in today and claimed be was late as a family of hedgehogs was blocking the road and he had to wait half an hour for them to clear off

Why do you need an excuse?

If I get in late and someone asks why? I just shrug my shoulders.

[xoggoth]

What a nice bloke. If I was his boss he would get a raise.

[Support Monkey]

Bloke came in today and claimed be was late as a family of hedgehogs was blocking the road and he had to wait half an hour for them to clear off

I bet he felt a right prick

[pacharan]

Bloke came in today and claimed be was late as a family of hedgehogs was blocking the road and he had to wait half an hour for them to clear off