Traffic made you late for work? Come on – you can do better than that...

Even the most punctual among us wind up late for work at some point...

A CareerBuilder survey says 16% of workers report arriving late to work once a week or more, 27% punch in late at least once a month. The reasons they site are pretty standard:

• Traffic – 31%

• Overslept – 18%

• Bad weather – 11%

• Getting kids to school or daycare – 8%

Blaming the car, the dog and the spouse were also pretty popular.  The hiring managers surveyed also had some more interesting late confessions to share:

• Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work hours.

• Employee was late due to a job interview with another company.

• Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor. That turned out to be true.

• Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform. That was true.

• Employee thought she had won the lottery. She hadn’t.