Laughable lateness excuses that might just work
Here’s a quickie from goo Ranking on excuses for being late that your boss might accept with a laugh. This week there’s been no decent long ranking surveys, sadly.
Demographics
Between the 21st and 24th of April 2009 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.4% of the sample were female, 9.2% were in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 27.5% in their thirties, 27.5% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 10.4% aged sixty or older.
Thinking of lateness excuses, this classic comedy comes to mind.
Number three is quite good, but all the rest seem to be more fitting for a schoolchild; I’d be more inclined to use “my train had a puncture”.
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