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All answers to “Name a reason someone is late for work”
Every one of the 96 answers Icillion accepts, A to Z. 39 can be spelled more than one way. Which ones are rare stays a secret.
A
- Accidentalso Car accident
- Alarm didn't go offalso Alarm
- Alien abduction
- Ate bad sushialso Food poisoning
B
- Babysitter was latealso Childcare
- Bad weatheralso Snow, Rain
- Bee in the car
- Bike brokealso Bike puncture
- Breakfast
- Bridge was up
- Burst pipe
C
- Car broke downalso Car trouble
- Car got towed
- Car wouldn't startalso Dead battery
- Couldn't find keysalso Lost keys
- Court
- Cows on the roadalso Animals on the road
D
- Daylight savingalso Clocks changed
- Deer crash
- Deliveryalso Waiting for a delivery
- Dentist appointment
- Detour
- Doctor's appointment
E
- Escaped pet
F
- Family emergency
- Fell asleep on the bus
- Fire alarm
- Flat tyrealso Flat tire
- Floodalso Flooding
- Fog
- Forgot it was a work day
- Forgot somethingalso Forgot my phone, Forgot my wallet
- Funeral
G
- Geese crossing
- Got a coffee stain
- Got lost
H
- Hair took too longalso Bad hair day
- Hangover
- Helped an old lady
I
- Ice on the windscreenalso Scraping ice, Icy roads
- Insomnia
- Interviewalso Job interview
J
- Jury duty
K
- Kid hid the keys
- Kid was sick
- Kidsalso Dropping kids at school
L
- Locked in the bathroom
- Locked out
- Long line at coffee shopalso Getting coffee, Coffee
- Lost the dog
M
- Marathon in townalso Parade
- Missed the busalso Bus was late
- Missed the ferry
- Movie night
- Muggedalso Robbery
N
- Neighbour blocked the drivewayalso Blocked in
O
- Oversleeping after a holiday
- Oversleptalso Slept in
- Overtired
P
- Parkingalso Couldn't find parking
- Pet was sickalso Dog was sick
- Phone died
- Plane delayalso Flight delay
- Plumberalso Waiting for the plumber
- Police stopped mealso Speeding ticket
- Power cutalso Power outage
- Protest
R
- Ran out of gasalso Ran out of petrol
- Road closed
- Road worksalso Roadworks, Construction
S
- Saved a cat from a tree
- School run
- Sheep on the road
- Shower
- Sickalso Feeling ill
- Sleepwalking
- Solar eclipse
- Spider in the shower
- Stayed up late
- Stuck in a revolving door
- Stuck in an elevatoralso Stuck in a lift
- Superglue accident
T
- Thought it was Saturday
- Toddler tantrum
- Trafficalso Traffic jam
- Train cancelled
- Train strikealso Strike
- Train was latealso Train delay, Missed the train
V
- Volcanic ash
W
- Walking the dog
- Wardrobe malfunctionalso Spilled coffee on shirt
- Went to the old office
- Witness to a crime
- Woke up late
- Wrong bus
- Wrong time zone
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