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9 Reasons Why I Was Late

Late to work, to class, to life in general…

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9 Reasons Why I Was Late
Hongkiat

I’ve tried everything. I set my clocks and watches at least 10 minutes fast. I have alarms starting from two hours before I need to get up until the absolute last minute before I have to leave my home. I’m not sure what it is, but without fail I am always late to something. Whether it’s work, class or anything else it’s pretty safe to assume that I’m running at least 10 minutes behind.

While I am working on my punctuality, there are several reasons why I seem to regularly find myself in a delayed state.

1. Putting on pants was a problem for my future self

Pants are pretty restrictive in nature. It takes a lot of mental preparation to get committed enough to an activity to actually put on pants.


2. There was a centipede in my room.

I couldn’t leave until I knew it was dead. What if I came back and it was still alive and living in my room and I didn’t know where it was… forever?


3. “Car troubles”

Honestly, I don’t have a good excuse, nor do I fully understand why I’m running late, so here’s what I’m going to tell you.


4. Car troubles

Sometimes it actually happens.


5. I just wasn't feeling well earlier...

Sometimes, you just need some extra time to yourself to just re-energize before you can do anything else. Sometimes, you just need some extra time to be horizontal.

6. I left my brain in my other head today

You know when you’re so frantic that you seem to keep forgetting everything you need? And every time you’re about to leave you realize that you’ve forgotten something else?


7. I had to get coffee.


You wouldn’t try to drive your car without gas, right?


8. I honestly couldn’t figure out how to get out of the situation I was just in

There just wasn’t a good way to say, “Hey, this is cool and all but I really have to leave.”


9. It’s just who I am as a person…

Speaks for itself


Whatever the reason, I'd like to think that nine times out of 10, I have a reasonable enough excuse for being late. Whether or not others agree it's a work in progress...

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