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Late for work

• Cheryl: So, what’s the best excuse you have ever had, or come up with, for being late to work?
• Amy: Well, I’ve been late to work, on many, many occasions for no particularly good reason, unfortunately, cause I’m somebody who’s always at least 10 minutes late in general but…
• Lyndon: So, you’ve developed a muscle for explaining yourself, then?
• Amy: Yeah, yeah, I’ve always lost my keys, or you know, or been delayed in the metro, but this time, I actually… There was one time where I was late for work because I got locked into my own apartment, by my partner…
• Cheryl: How?
• Amy: Well, we… he took my key and, by accident, he had both keys, and it was one of those doors that, you know, you can lock and not unlock from the inside. And so, I found myself, you know, for once, ready for work, on time, and he’d gone out with my key and locked the door behind him, so you know…Couldn’t climb out of a window…
• Cheryl: I have a similar one: my husband took both car keys, and I had no way to get anywhere!

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