According to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey, 15 percent of workers say they arrive late to work at least once a week, while nearly one-in-four of all workers (24 percent) admit to making up fake excuses to explain their tardiness. (read more…) Hiring managers provided the following top ten examples of the most unusual excuses employees offered for arriving late to work: While rowing across the river to work, I got lost in the fog. Someone stole all my daffodils. I had to go audition for American Idol. My ex-husband stole my car so I couldn’t drive to work. My...
