common excuse

India
September 16, 2010 12:01pm CST
what is the most common excuse for being late for work
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14 responses
@ench815 (465)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
Nothing beats traffic. Most especially, if all latecomers use that excuse at the same time, making it more believable.
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@zultranz (32)
• Indonesia
16 Sep 10
I think, Traffic is very common.. any better than traffic?
@eykah13 (437)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
Traffic or problem in transportation encountered.. those are the overused excuses when you came late for work.. :)
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@Ramaditya (1227)
• Indonesia
16 Sep 10
Here are some of them. - Traffic jam - Wake up late - Car is broken
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@ggeeta (154)
• India
18 Sep 10
Hi jeyshjain, I am not late usually to work. Whatever the problem is, whether traffic, or I was late at home due to some work, I try to go by a cab or hire an auto. Only when I can't really reach which happens very rarely that I make an excuse. Ofcourse, one such excuse is that due to huge traffic, I couldn't reach to work on time.
• India
24 Sep 10
thnx for responding
@triondem (151)
• Estonia
16 Sep 10
Well I don't work right now, because Im still a school boy. But anyway, the best way to excuse for being late for work is telling: "Hey, Im sorry Im late, but the traffic was really bad" This always helps, Ive been using this sentence like 5years for now and it's always helping me out.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
27 Sep 10
oh yeah! i have heard traffic as a common excuse for being late at work. and guess what? i hear this reason from someone who is being driven by a driver to work! duh! if i did not have to wait for a public transportation, and if i did not have to commute and ride and be wtih hundreds of other people in the train station, i would not have been late for work 9well good for me i am not the kind of person who loves being late!) And now i think these people who are always late are just lazy people. i mean, her reason now was that she and her mom was not able to wake up because they have no maid to wake them up!
@youless (112096)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Sep 10
Perhaps the most common excuse is the traffic jam. Because nobody can expect there will be a traffic jam suddenly when they are on the way. And they can't do anything to change the situation. So most people say they are late because of the bad traffic. I love China
@wrangel15 (1443)
• Philippines
18 Sep 10
Nothing beats traffic jam especially when you're in the city :)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
LBM... Either stands for Loose Bowel Movement or... Looking for Better Management...
• Mojave, California
22 Sep 10
I like that exuse can I try using it
• Pakistan
16 Sep 10
taking children to school,traffic, bad weather, are common excuse.
@ergfortes (516)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
the most i encountered is heavy traffic. Next in line would be health issues like headache and stomach pain. Real lame excuses but some of it works.
@loktibrad (107)
• Slovak Republic
16 Sep 10
Hah...Today I was late and I decide to tell truth. WOndering about what it was? Traffic :D Yes, maybe it is overused but no one can tell it cant be truth. Anyway I hope not to be penalized :o
• Mojave, California
22 Sep 10
No one maybe able to tell if its the truth or not but I use to tell my employees to leave earlier
@crossbones27 (48336)
• Mojave, California
16 Sep 10
I over slept