A new survey asks employers to name the weirdest excuses they've heard for why workers show up late.
Everyone's had a day when they slept through their alarm, or their car wouldn't start, but these excuses are a whole different story.
In the CareerBuilder survey, one person said, "My dog ate my work schedule" and another person said, "I was here, but I fell asleep in the parking lot. My fake eyelashes were stuck together. "
Other bizarre excuses include:
The CareerBuilder survey found one in four workers admitted to being late at least once a month and 12 percent said it is a weekly occurrence. Traffic (51 percent) was the most common reason for people being late, followed by oversleeping (31 percent) and bad weather (28 percent)