crazy work excuses…
I got an email from CareerBuilder.com a few days ago (I can't figure out how to get off the list… I've tried like 15 times! ahhh!). However, I struck gold with the following article that came through this past week. It listed ten of the wackiest excuses that people had used for work. Ready? Here they are:
1. While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog.
2. Someone stole all my daffodils.
3. I had to go audition for American Idol.
4. My ex-husband stole my car so I couldn't drive to work.
5. My route to work was shut down by a presidential motorcade.
6. I have transient amnesia and couldn't remember my job.
7. I was indicted for securities fraud this morning.
8. The line was too long at Starbucks.
9. I was trying to get my gun back from the police.
10. I didn't have money for gas because all of the pawnshops were closed.
Seriously… If you live in Washington, D.C., you could have used half of these. I've personally been late for something because of excuse 5. It wasn't a presidential motorcade, but it was a vice-presidential motorcade. When I was at my first job in D.C., I was on the route that the VP took from the Senate to his home at the Naval Observatory down K Street. And while there are 15,000 (or it seems) Starbucks in D.C., there is ALWAYS a line (which is why I just always said no to $5 coffee, and just took my own soda from home).
And if you had to go to court, you might really need to get your gun back from the police. I mean, hello, the Supreme Court just gave D.C. it's right back to handguns. There might be a lot more people calling in late to work now…
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