Employees have often come up with a variety of weird reasons for missing work – but their reasons for arriving late can be just as unexpected.
Believe it or not an escaped zebra, a cat stuck in the toilet and a hairbrush stuck in hair are actual excuses staff have dished out to explain their tardiness.
A new survey by CareerBuilder into staff lateness shows that while traffic is the number one reason most employees are late (39%), there are some amusing reasons dished out to managers.
Some of the more memorable excuses employers reported receiving in regards to their staff’s lack of punctuality include:
The study also found that nearly one quarter (23%) of employees admit to being tardy at least once a month on average, with 15% admitting to arriving late at least once a week.
A new survey by CareerBuilder into staff lateness shows that while traffic is the number one reason most employees are late (39%), there are some amusing reasons dished out to managers.
Some of the more memorable excuses employers reported receiving in regards to their staff’s lack of punctuality include:
- Employee claimed a zebra was running down the highway and held up traffic (turned out to be true)
- Employee woke up on the front lawn of a house two blocks away from his home
- Employee’s cat got stuck in the toilet
- Employee couldn’t eat breakfast – he ran out of milk for cereal and had to buy some before getting ready for work
- Employee was late to work because he fell asleep in the car when he got to work
- Employee accidentally put superglue in her eye instead of contact lens solution, and had to go to the emergency room
- Employee said a hole in the roof caused rain to fall on the alarm clock and it didn’t go off
- Employee forgot that the company had changed locations
- Employee got a hairbrush stuck in her hair
- Employee was scared by a nightmare
The study also found that nearly one quarter (23%) of employees admit to being tardy at least once a month on average, with 15% admitting to arriving late at least once a week.