Best official employee excuse for being late — ever
December 5, 2008 by Fred HosierPosted in: Fun stuff on the Web, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Got any employees who are chronically late? What if they had a legitimate excuse?
Workers in New York City can get one.
The city’s transit agency (MTA) sends out 34,000 late excuses a year.
All riders have to do is call a special phone number, provide specific information about the train, subway or bus they were on, and MTA will send an official late note.
And if all goes as planned, by the middle of 2009, riders will be able to request the notes online, according to the New York Post.
MTA will have an online request form that riders can fill out. MTA reps will still research the delay and issue an e-mail reply. The late notes will arrive faster that way.
The delay-verification letter shows the lines taken, any station transfers, total time of the trip, plus the time due to delays.
Have any unusual late excuses you want to share? You can, via the Comments Box below.
Tags: bus, late employees, late excuse, subway, train
December 5th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I ate too much fruit yesterday. I am waiting for the immodium to kick in. I will be there as soon as is does.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
How’s this one:
I forgot my license at home so I drove really slow so I wouldn’t get pulled over.
Are you kidding me?!
December 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
“I be late to work today because the FBI is serving a search warrant at my house.”
It was a true excuse. The EE’s boyfriend had robbed a bank.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
“When I woke up my bed was on fire so I’ll probably be about 20 minutes late”.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
“My pet lobster got out of it’s tank last night, and I need to find him before he dies and stinks up the apartment.”
December 15th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
“My girl friend slept over last night and needed my personal attention this morning, I’ll be only a couple of hours late.”