Top 10 Most Ridiculous Excuses for Being Late for Work

There are plenty of excuses for showing up to work late, from nightmarish traffic to horrible weather conditions. Whether the excuse is legitimate or believable is another story because some can come up as way too farfetched.

According to CareerBuilder’s latest annual survey, people are increasingly showing up late to work — some with actual reasons, others not so much. Thankfully, some of their employers were more than happy to share some of the more outrageous they were given. Here are some you should never ever use, unless you have some hardcore evidence to prove your pants aren’t on fire.

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1 / 10

“I forgot it wasn’t the weekend.”

That's what happens when you party too hard.

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2 / 10

“My pet turtle needed to visit the exotic animal clinic.”

And was that exotic animal clinic in Australia?

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3 / 10

“The wind blew the deck off my house.”

The only things that can save you? Before and after pics of the deck... er, and lack of deck.

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4 / 10

“I overslept because my kids changed all the clocks in the house.”

Kids can be little monsters so this one could very well be true. Though considering we can barely change the clocks on our appliances and television boxes, we're not sure how their little hands could.

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5 / 10

“I was cornered by a moose.”

Only in Canada.

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“The pizza I ordered was late being delivered, and I had to be home to accept/pay for it.”

You couldn't leave the money with, hmm, I don't know, the people who were going to be eating it?

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“My mother locked me in the closet.”

Unless you're a rebellious teenager with a penchant for evil, or your mom is Kathy Bates in Misery, no one's going to buy this one.

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“The sunrise was so beautiful that I had to stop and take it in.”

That's what sunsets are for.

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“My dad offered to make me a grilled cheese sandwich, and I couldn’t say no.”

A grilled cheese IS hard to pass up.

Bravo

10 / 10

“My mother-in-law wouldn’t stop talking.”

Er, no comment.

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