We've all had it happen--the alarm doesn't go off; you spill an entire gallon milk trying to make your morning coffee; you drop ketchup-covered eggs all over your new shirt and have to change; and your car runs out of gas...all in the same morning! On those occasional incidences when life happens, your employees sometimes can't help being late for work, and--as their manager--you understand that the unexpected can throw even the best of us off our normal routine.
But what about those times your employees don't have a reason for their tardiness? Here is a list--provided by sales hiring managers--of the most unusual excuses--just short of "my dog at my sales report"--that sales reps offered for arriving late to work. And don't be afraid to chuckle at these eccentric (and hopefully fabricated) excuses.
1. Called in "sad."
2. Super-glued eye thinking it was contact solution.
3. Accidentally put diesel fuel in car.
4. Hair dryer caught on fire.
5. Mistakenly flushed keys down the toilet.
6. Detained by the FBI.
7. Thought it was Sunday.
8. Clock ran backwards.
9. Cat got sprayed by a skunk
10. Ran into chickens that fell from a chicken truck that turned over in the road.
What outrageous excuses have your employees given for being late--real or otherwise?
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