迟到，对于在校学生和上班族来说这是一个多么残忍的词语啊！迟到就意味着要搜肠刮肚找很多理由跟老师和老板解释；迟到意味着又要接受相应的“经济”或者其他“制裁”。那么，在迟到的时候我们通常会有哪些理由呢？怎样跟你的领导解释呢？
也许在迟到之后你还能幽默地跟你的领导说“您的表快吧？”；也许你会一本正经的解释，“我睡过头了”；还有“闹钟坏掉了”、“路上堵车了”等等，下面我们一起看看经常迟到的人都有哪些理由吧，你用过几条呢?
1. Your watch must be fast.
2. I fell asleep in the shower.
3. My father forgot to wake me up.
4. My left turn signal was out so I had to make all right turns to get to work.
5. I feel like I'm in everyone's way if I show up on time.
6. My car ran out of gas on the way to work. I had to push it to a gas station.
7. My alarm clock failed this morning. This is the third time in a month.
8. I wasn't thinking and accidentally went to my old job.
