Why at times do you go to work late?

Philippines
March 8, 2011 7:41pm CST
My workplace is a few minutes away from where I live so there's no reason for me to be tardy. However, when the kids have no classes, I tend to idle around at home, stay longer and enjoy being a housewife till the clock yells at me that if I won't get out of my place, I will be late for work. How about you? Why makes you tardy in reporting to work?
5 responses
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Mar 11
Hi Rainbow, I used to work in a company that started work at 7:30 am, and the company transport had to reach office by 7 am. Nobody dared to go late since timekeeping is enforced very strictly. Those who came late 3 minutes or more would suffer a pay deduction, and bonus deduction. I think if you were to work in this kind of environment, you would not dare to go there late.
• Philippines
10 Mar 11
Hi Scheng, timekeeping is enforced strictly in our office. At times though, I just get too lazy to report early that deducting a certain amount from my salary didn't matter me at all. Ironically, if I report quite early, no additional amount is added to my salary :)
@xien2xien (1382)
• Philippines
9 Mar 11
my workplace is just 5to 10minutes away from my apartment but i usually came to office late for like 15-30minutes everyday.... i can't say it's traffic or anything it's just me being lazy to wake up early and go to work at time.... sometimes it's the problem of a regular employee, being lazy to go to office in time
• Philippines
9 Mar 11
Especially during rainy days, whoa! it's nice to snuggle and extend my time on bed. I'm actually particular with time and I love going to work early of which most often I am one of the few people who go to the office so early. Infact, this morning my company was only the white lady who roams around silently (hehehe). I reported before 7am and our work time is at 8am still. But at times, I just get too lazy to report early :)... especially at my age, there's nothing much to prove my worth.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
9 Mar 11
I try not to be late to work. Some times, I get there late, but that is not intentional. I live in a suburben area which is quite far from the downtown core where my work place is. So, it takes atleast 30 minutes to get there. When there is a traffic jam, it takes longer, and I get to the work place a few mintutes late.
@picjim (3002)
• India
9 Mar 11
I am self employed so i don't have to report to office.But while i was working it was due to the fact that i couldn't stick to a schedule.But i corrected myself and was able to report to work on time.Nowadays i stick to a set schedule regarding work so i report on time for work.
@staria (2780)
• Philippines
9 Mar 11
It is just because we are not in the mood for work! lol! I work homebased, but believe me I still drag myself sometimes to work! Especially when there are things that bother us in our workplace, a co-employee or your boss maybe. Or you know beforehand that that day is just gonna be a hectic day. Well those are the reasons that I can think about!