Lateness.
I pride myself with being on time, but there have been some occasions I've had to tell a little white lie about not getting it done.
1. Stuck in traffic.
This only really works during the tourist season, as the rest of the year our tiny island community has no traffic to speak of. But during the season it's a great all purpose lateness excuse.
2. Had to work extra hours and didn't have time to finish.
This is an excuse I used for not having a project done for one of my classes. The truth was I was a little intimidated getting started. The teacher was nice enough to give me some extra time and I buckled down and got it done.
3. Eight o'clock? I thought you said nine. Sorry bud.
Said to my buddy Andy when I was supposed to meet him for beers and watching the game down at the pub. I'd been talking to Tatja on the phone and lost track of time. I would've told him that, but then he'd be all oooh and ahhh and what did you talk about? Yeah.
4. My alarm clock didn't go off. Must need a new one.
Really, I forgot to set it. I can count the times on one hand I've been super late to work in my twenty some years of working at the post office, but yeah, this happened.
5. I couldn't find the address.
Does not work in town- I know the entire town like the back of the hand from my mail route. But works when you're going to meet someone somewhere and you were screwing around and lost track of the time and left too late to get there promptly.
1. Stuck in traffic.
This only really works during the tourist season, as the rest of the year our tiny island community has no traffic to speak of. But during the season it's a great all purpose lateness excuse.
2. Had to work extra hours and didn't have time to finish.
This is an excuse I used for not having a project done for one of my classes. The truth was I was a little intimidated getting started. The teacher was nice enough to give me some extra time and I buckled down and got it done.
3. Eight o'clock? I thought you said nine. Sorry bud.
Said to my buddy Andy when I was supposed to meet him for beers and watching the game down at the pub. I'd been talking to Tatja on the phone and lost track of time. I would've told him that, but then he'd be all oooh and ahhh and what did you talk about? Yeah.
4. My alarm clock didn't go off. Must need a new one.
Really, I forgot to set it. I can count the times on one hand I've been super late to work in my twenty some years of working at the post office, but yeah, this happened.
5. I couldn't find the address.
Does not work in town- I know the entire town like the back of the hand from my mail route. But works when you're going to meet someone somewhere and you were screwing around and lost track of the time and left too late to get there promptly.