S/O what are your excuses with being late?

I’m not the most punctual person.

I can list many “excuses” in the “other” option

First day of work I have probably always been there on time (5 minutes early) for first impression purposes and it was easier.

The 468th day of work, the reputation has been set for a while. It’s a morning shift and I’m not a morning person.
The job there I have for my starting shift is not part of holding the fort down.
And no one is waiting for me to get there to go to lunch or anything.
So there’s not much convenience for me to be there on time.

I usually get out of the car at the time of my shift starting.
And sometimes when I’m standing in front of the time clock I race to clock in to beat the 2 minutes after the start of my shift time before it changes to the 3 minute of being late.

So the times I’ve been later than that were mostly due to car trouble.
I had to call in late for work when my car wouldn’t start at home.
And I had to call in late for home when my car wouldn’t start at work.

And there’s been a few times I didn’t know I was scheduled.
I remember once when work called me 2 hours after the start of my shift.
I was planning to drop dd off at a party so I told them I’d be there in a half hour. There’s been times before that I would freak out from a phone call like that from work asking where I was. But this once didn’t phase me. Maybe it’s because of who called.
Because about a month ago the same thing happened and I did freak out.

So I went to work 2 1/2 hours or so late after dropping dd off.
So they extended my shift for 2 1/2 hours and it turned out they needed me more during that time than what my original shift would have been.
That was a time I actually helped them hold the fort down.

It’s interesting how divine timing sometimes works.