The Ten Weirdest Excuses for Being Late to Work

According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 23% of us show up late to work at least once a month, and 14% are late once a week.  And the most common things that MAKE us late are traffic, lack of sleep, and bad weather.

Here are the ten WEIRDEST excuses employers say they’ve heard . . .

1.  “I knocked myself out in the shower.”

2.  “I was drunk and forgot which Waffle House I parked my car next to.”

3.  “I followed my husband this morning to find out who he’s having an affair with.”

4.  “Someone robbed the gas station I was at, and I didn’t have enough gas to get to another station.”

5.  “I had to wait for the judge to set my bail.”

6.  “There was a stranger sleeping in my car.”

7.  “A herd of deer that were moving through town made me late.”

8.  “I’m NOT late . . . I was thinking about work on the way in.”

9.  “I dreamed that I got fired.”

10.  “I went out to my car, and the trunk had been stolen.”  But the weird part is . . . that one was true.  Someone stole the door off the trunk of their car.