If only they were this creative while doing their jobs: A recent survey of hiring managers lists some of the best (worst?) reasons employees give for being late for work.
Maybe someone should tell workers that making up outrageous excuses for being late to work doesn’t help their cases.
But if we did that, you wouldn’t have lists like this one from CareerBuilder.com.
The job-search Web site has come up with a list of top excuses employees give for being late to work.
And there’s a lot of excuse-making going on: CareerBuilder surveyed workers, and 24% admitted making up fake excuses.
Now, some of the best of the list:
The line was too long at Starbucks. (You really do have trouble thinking before you have your morning coffee, don’t you?)
I had to go audition for American Idol. (Well, that’s a new song on us.)
Someone stole all my daffodils. (And are you missing some marbles, too?)
While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog. (Boy, I’d say so!)
Can you top any of these?
