What to do when I'm 3 hours late for work...

[Folmeister]

Claim you were abducted by aliens.

 

[ihateusernames]

i can't believe all the lie suggestions on a bass forum and not a single "i was jamming with the [insert favorite band]" suggestion.

i'd buy that one for a dollar

 

[Phat Ham]

if it were me I would just go in and nobody would say anything. But I have a job where they don't really care when I come in.

As others have said, just tell the truth. If you don't do this regularly and your boss isn't a dick it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

[RWP]

When I use to manage I heard every story you can imagine and then some. Why do people insist on telling you how many times they puked? Anyway, I could always tell a lie and I never appreciated them insulting my intelligence. Just tell him the truth, he knows anyway.

 

[MJ5150]

I had one of my guys show up late one morning, and he told me he pooped his pants as he showed up on the jobsite and was getting out of his truck so he went home to change.

"Things I DON'T need to know for $500 Alex...."

-Mike

 

[Thor]

Just fess up.

Try to get to bed earlier if you know you have to work.

And bring some donuts. For everybody.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Yeah, be honest.
I'm terrible at getting up in the morning.
I don't sleep much but even a nuke on the house can't wake me up.
I managed to find a job that accomodates that. I don't have scheduled office hours.

 

[AmyTheFreak]

I forgot work altogether a month or two ago.
I woke up around 12:30 because my mom phoned me and I just was watching a bit of tv when the phone rang again.

It was work.

They didn't notice I wasn't there until they were sending someone to do my break.


The lesson to that story is to never throw out your work schedual before you've worked.

 

[James_B]

"Well I woke up next to Hidi Klum. It took her 2 hour to explain what happen"............

 

[jkritchey]

Please call. As a supervisor one of my reliable guys didn't show or call one day. After 2 hours we called. And Called. And Called. Turned out both he and his wife had been killed in a car accident the previous night.

Sorry to be such a downer, but I get real nervous when people don't show up any more.

 

[Vorago]

I got late several times at my work in the summerholiday, so I messed around a bit with the chain of my bike and said I had technical issues.

 

[paintandsk8]

so were all dyin' to know...what'd you do?

 

[bobba66]

Blame it on Daylight Savings Time. Act confused and disoriented. BTW, 2 alarm clocks set at slightly different times saved me often in my younger days.