Most bizarre late-to-work excuses Getting to work on time can be challenging, especially if you hit the snooze button one too many times or you can't peel yourself away from the morning talk shows.

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It happens to everyone at some point — time slips away from you, and all of a sudden you’re late for work. You’ll need an explanation. Here are 10 that might just work. The Standa… ...

Getting to work on time can be hard enough without the added obstacles imposed by car trunk thieves, gas station stick-ups and shower mishaps.

Here are 12 of the most outrageous excuses employees have heard for being late to work: 1. My heat was shut off so I had to stay home to keep my snake warm. 2.

Would you use your dead lizard as an excuse for being late for work? A new survey from CareerBuilder shows that one in four workers come in late to work at least once a month, and 13 percent say it… ...

Among the most typical excuses were traffic (51 percent), oversleeping (31 percent), the weather (28 percent) and — my favorite — just being too tired to get out of bed (23 percent).

The job-search site CareerBuilder has released a survey on the most outrageous excuses for coming in late. Employers across the country submitted gems like: I thought I won the lottery.

Here are a few highlights from CareerBuilder's roundup of employees' excuses for being late for work.

Here are some of the most outlandish excuses bosses have heard from employees who were late getting to the office, according to a new CareerBuilder survey.

From not being able to find parking to pet goats gone wild, here are 10 hilarious excuses people have really used to get out of going to work.

Twenty percent of workers said they arrive late to work at least once a week, according to a February 2009 CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 8,000 workers.