“I ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I didn’t have change for cab fare! I lost my tux at the cleaners! I locked my keys in the car! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!”
I used “an old friend showed up
from out of town” excuse. The
old friend just happened to be
my father, whom I’d not seen in
a number of years. I lost my
job a few days later.