"The employers polled in the survey were also asked to recount some of the more creative reasons they had heard from late employees. Among them:
- Employee claimed his hair was hurting his head.
- Employee claimed they did not get any sleep because their boyfriend's wife threw them out of the house.
- Employee claimed their karma was not in sync that day.
- Employee claimed they got hurt taking a fork out of the dishwasher.
- Employee claimed they weren’t late … the company clock was wrong."