What's your lamest excuse for being late?

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Running late again? You have a very important meeting to a very prestigious client and it seems that it took you forever to get there. Or you may have the biggest job interview that will change your life but the bus doesnt seem to be moving at all. We can't help it if sometimes we can't be on time. There are a lot of factors that might be in between. The most common is traffic. What's the lamest excuse that you came up with in situations like this? And did it work? Share with us your stories, we might learned a thing or two.