"sorry, traffic was a mutha."
An excuse as eloquent as it is stupid.
Guess what, I left Kingwood at 7 am so that traffic wouldn't make me late, so I know exactly how the traffic is. I got here at 8. The clinic opens at 8:30. The doc just got here at 9, which means that he'll be seeing patients now instead of being trained by me.
I hate when people think their excuses actually excuse them. 4951