Ever Had One of "Those" Mornings?

That said, a new CareerBuilder survey chronicles some of the most outrageous excuses hiring managers reported employees offered for arriving late to work:

• I got mugged and was tied to the steering wheel of my car.
• My deodorant was frozen to the window sill.
• My car door fell off.
• It was too windy.
• I dreamed I was already at work.
• I had to go to the hospital because I drank antifreeze.
• I had an early morning gig as a clown.
• A roach crawled in my ear.
• I saw an elderly lady at a bus stop and decided to pick her up.
• My dog swallowed my cell phone.      

The survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive among 2,720 hiring managers and human resource professionals (employed full-time; not self-employed; with at least significant involvement in hiring decisions; non government); and 5,231 U.S. employees (employed full-time; not self-employed; non government) ages 18 and over, between November 5 and November 23, 2009.