What happened to the Llama?
Don’t get me wrong, the gold star is pretty and all…but I LOLed the first time I saw the llama as the “new posts” icon.
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10 Craziest Excuses for Being Late to Work
No joke, these are real excuses employees have given their managers for being late to work, as provided by MSN
It’s been one of those mornings. You overslept, spilled coffee on your shirt, the kids wouldn’t wake up, and you left your gym bag at home. Late for work and need an excuse? You’re not alone.
Sixteen percent of workers say they arrive late to work at least once a week, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. One-in-four of all workers (25 percent) admit to making up phony excuses to explain their tardiness.
Reasons for coming in late varied from forgetting something at home to feeling sick to enduring a long commute. Thirty-one percent of workers attributed their unpunctuality to traffic, 16 percent blamed falling back asleep and 8 percent cited getting their kids ready for school or day care as the main cause.
Here are the top 10 examples of the most unusual excuses employees offered their managers for arriving late to work:
1. Someone was following me, and I drove all around town trying to lose them.
2. My dog dialed 911, and the police wanted to question me about what “really” happened.
3. My girlfriend got mad and destroyed all of my undergarments.
4. I woke up and thought I was temporarily deaf.
5. I just wasn’t “feelin’ it” this morning.
6. I was up all night arguing with God.
7. A raccoon stole my work shoe off my porch.
8. I super-glued my eye thinking it was contact solution.
9. I was putting lotion on my face when my finger went up my nose causing a nose bleed.
10. A prostitute climbed into my car at a stop light, and I was afraid my wife would see her and think I was messing around… so I got out of the car.
As explanations vary, so do men and women when it comes to being late for work. Males are less prone to tardiness with 41 percent saying they’ve never been late for work in their current position compared to 37 percent of females. Men are also less likely to lie about why they’re late (22 percent) — while 28 percent of women won’t tell a fib, either.
Most of us make up excuses in fear of repercussions. Forty-four percent of hiring managers say they don’t care if their employees are late as long as their work is completed on time and with good quality — but others aren’t so lenient. In fact, one-in-five hiring managers say they would consider firing an employee if he/she arrives late two or three times in a given year. The key is to know your individual manager’s expectations and take the time to learn your employer’s culture and policies.
Think you’re being sly with the excuse you gave your boss? Guess again. While the majority of hiring managers don’t typically question the validity of the reasons provided, 27 percent say most of the time, they don’t believe the excuses.
Need for Speed Pro Street
This definitely classifies as one of the better Need for Speeds…..its been a long time since the last time I spent the better part of a Saturday night sitting up in the dark playing video games.
I hate the Eagles
Well not really, but Dallas sucked last night and its all Jessica Simpson’s fault….
When Tony was dating Carrie Underwood and she showed up at one of the games, he made so many errors and ending up costing Dallas the game….the same is true of yesterday’s game. What’s up with all the interceptions and sacks? Could he not see the Eagles defender charging at him right down the middle of the field? Geez Romo….leave the girls at home and just play the damn game
Student Get Detention for Using "FoxFire.exe"
I would had just said, “OK, whatever.”, then renamed the EXE to internetexplorer.exe. Would had never known the effin’ difference. Or how about thisisntfirefox.exe or gofuckyourselfmr(s)(teacher).exe.
Some IT people are just stupid. This reminds me of not being able to send .exe’s or .zip’s as attachments on company emails. So, I just changed them to .virus and they went through just fine.
Or, I can’t use Apache because some tool in hasn’t “checked it out and approved it for use”.
The Dark Knight (2008)
The new [url=http://atasteforthetheatrical.com/]trailer[/url] and other junk.
Is it me or is Maggie Gyllenhaal just not cute?
Hitman (2007)
Wow.
I actually got out to the theater tonight (went out to dinner too…I might get spoiled) anyway, I digress…
We saw Hitman. I’m not a fan of the game, in fact, I’ve never played, but the trailer looked awesome. Hot assassin, guns-a-blazin’, lots of action *and* explosions…what’s not to love? That is MY kind of movie.
I loved the movie. I am interested to know what fans of the game thought, I’m not sure if it was anything close to being true to the game. One thing I did pick up, at one point when 47 crashed through a window into a hotel room, a couple kids were playing the video game. It was very fleeting, and I’m actually surprised I caught it.
Maybe the girls here can back me up (or maybe I’m alone on this) but a super hot, kick ass hitman with a gun in each hand lighting up a room…better than porn!
Knight Rider's KITT
[url=http://jalopnik.com/cars/knight-rider/its-official-knight-riders-kitt-is-a-shelby-gt500kr-mustang-333022.php]It’s Official! Knight Rider’s KITT is a Shelby GT500KR Mustang[/url]
Why!!!?!?! So freakin dumb. It should be another Pontiac. It just looks like another retarded Mustang. I bet KITT is just a modified version of Vista, too.
usbwine.com
Stupid French and their stupid good ideas.
[url=http://www.usbwine.com]http://www.usbwine.com[/url]
I’m looking to make a 40oz version.
Google Earth Flight Simulator
Ctrl+Alt+A (Mac users: Cmd+Opt+A.)
Page Up for thrust. Arrow keys to not crash. [url=http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html]The rest[/url].