Excuses for being late - we’ve all used them at some point in our careers. From ”the maintance guy just showed up” or my all time fave “I simply wasn’t feeling well this AM”, they are quintessential to the human spirit. But here are some of the weirdest excuses that we were able round up.

• Employee thought she had won the lottery (she didn’t).
• Employee got distracted watching the “Today” show.
• Employee’s angry roommate cut the cord to his phone charger, so it didn’t charge and his alarm didn’t go off.
• Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work hours.
• Employee claimed a fox stole her car keys.
• Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform (turned out to be true).
• Employee said he wasn’t late, because he had no intention of getting to work before 9:00 a.m. (his start time was 8:00 a.m.)
• Employee was late because of a job interview with another company.
• Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor (turned out to be true).