5 Excuses for Being Late to Work That Only People in Texarkana Can Use

It happens to all of us. We run late for work. Which excuses work and which ones don't, now that is the hundred thousand dollar question? Maybe some of these excuses will work for you.

CareerBuilder says 13 percent of employees are late to work at least once a week. Are you tired of using the same old "my alarm didn’t go off" excuse? Well, here are five excuses only a Texarkana resident can use for being late to work.

I hit a deer on the way to work and wanted the meat so I had to load it up and take it to the processor.

This one only works if you have blood on your clothes or brought in a couple packages of meat for the boss.

I had to wait for a herd of cows to cross the road.

This actually happened to me but it was a herd of sheep.

I was stuck behind a tractor that took up the entire road.

This is a good generic excuse if you live out in the country.

The traffic on the interstate came to a halt because a police officer had someone pulled over on the side of the road.

This one only works if your boss doesn't come in at the same time and use the same route that you do.

The viaduct on 40^th Street was flooded again.

Of course, you better be sure that the road actually did flood that morning.

What about everyone outside of the Texarkana area? These excuses didn’t make the top 10, but they did make the list and they are pretty funny.