Excuses for being late (rent, work, school, etc...)

[Coolhand68]

I remind them in this political correct era that I am not late, I am chronologically challenged.

[Pug Life]

Originally Posted by 04glow

Hi all,
Time for some more funnies. Excuses for being late. (here are some sites that you can look at as well to pick some of your favs or you can be creative and come up with your own)
The Mother of All Excuses Place
Keepers of Lists - Top 71 Creative Excuses For Being Late To Work
Here are some of my favs excuses for being late to work:
-"The line at Starbucks was out the door."
-"My roommate locked me in the bathroom."
-Attacked by rabid IRS agents
-My garage door was frozen shut and the elevators in this building are too slow (try using that excuse in Florida)
-"The traffic lights were mistimed on my way in." (This one is so Florida, the lights here suck)

This one usually works (not that I've tried it...I never call in sick or come in late):

"I was on my way out the door when I suddenly realized I had to go to the bathroom. Man, I feel sick this morning...oh man, here it comes again! (as you run to the bathroom)"

What boss would give you trouble after that?

[russian89]

this is a good exuse for being late to work/school:

"I parked my car on a steep hill and i was going up. i parked on the side of the street and forgot to put on the parking brake and my car rolled down hill and into the water."

[nimchimpsky]

Reasons I am legitimately late that sound like bad excuses:

My ride was late. (This is the downside of having to rely on people to drive me places. Man do I wish they had public transportation here--at least I could catch the earlier bus.)
I missed the door. (I've had to email friends to come back and get me cause I missed the door!)
My roommate slipped into the bathroom right before I was getting ready to shower, without informing me, and spent 20 min. taking his own shower! (He does this all the time, drives me nuts! Now I head to the shower 40 min before I have to go to counteract it.)
Wife set the alarm but forgot to tell me when it went off/was out of the room when it went off and I didn't hear it. (Really need to get a vibrating alarm/bedshaker, I know, I know.)

All of those sound like such lame excuses but they have really happened to me. But most of the time I am on time so when I am late, people don't doubt me.

Though we all forget to set our alarm, or underestimate how long it will take to get there, etc. at times. So I believe those excuses when they happen every now and then. It's just when people are late every single time that I don't buy it. The real excuse is "I just didn't get ready soon enough."

Oh and if you want to go to Starbucks on the way, factor in a good 20 minutes! I used to love getting Starbucks before school, but I always got to school super early (like 45 min early) to do homework. Some other students, though, would roll into class 15 minutes late with "Starbucks" as their excuse. I couldn't believe they could even live with themselves after such a lame excuse and have no idea why some of my teachers put up with that crap, lol.

[country pride]

Originally Posted by 8palmtrees

ROTFLMAO~
Here is another this one is an excuse that someone really gave a cop:
Vietnamese woman doing 45 in a 25 school zone.... "No speaka English"
After receiving the ticket.... "You son of a *&^%$, you wrote me a ticket!"

Good one!

[paladinking]

-"My roommate locked me in the bathroom."
good, i will be use it when i am late!!!

[tijlover]

"Why is it, I always pick the routes to work with those time-consuming sobriety checkpoints!"

"What's this world coming to!!! Sobriety checkpoints at 8 in the morning!!