Day One: My Tope 5 Favorite Excuses

In the life of Ethan "Awesome Sauce" Gregory, I hear a lot of excuses and I give a lot of excuses. I have honestly never put much thought into my five favorites, but let's see how far along I could get with this list! This could be one's I like to use, or one's I like to hear! Here we go!

1. "There must be a mistake at the bank" OR "I know I have money on that card, it must just be going bad". In the sad true world of retail, this is an excuse I hear more than I would like to. Let's all be honest here, I am sure most of us have had that completely embarrassing moment when we have gotten to the register's to check out, only to realize that we either have forgotten our money, or that we do not have enough. Yet, we still put ourselves through the ordeal of having to explain the situation to someone. These excuses are usually pretty funny when used on me at the registers at work, because I know from experience that more times than often, the bank is USUALLY right. There is generally not a mistake at the bank... If you just tried to spend $500 and you know you only have $450 in your account, your card will not go through. Similarly, if your card won't go through, it isn't the card's fault, again: you have NO money! Get out of the line people!
2.  "The computer wouldn't let me do it!"  Maybe I like this one so much because I am a very computer literate person. Maybe I like this one because I like watching people make idiots of themselves. Either way, I like this one. Why? Well, (Old, virus ridden computers excluded) computers do not have minds of their own. Oftentimes, the problem is not with your machine, the problem is with your operator. Don't tell me you don't have something on your computer when you just don't know what it is. Or even worse, don't act like you are computer literate when you barely know how to turn the thing on. That fires me up. There is no shame in admitting that you do not know how to do something. Ask someone, in today's day and age, finding someone who is computer literate is not a hard task.  
3. "I couldn't get a hold of ____" OR"____ wouldn't answer the phone" OR "_____ they said he/she was out until next week" Bottom line? You didn't call. Face it. Admit it. You didn't call, you did not try to call, and you never had any intention of calling. Why do I know this? Because I knew you had no intention of doing so, so I took the liberty of calling them myself, and they answered on the first ring. Laziness. I have noticed a reoccurring theme in my generation: we are scared to talk to people. Even doing something as simple as ordering a pizza over the phone is seen as a daunting task to people my age. I do not understand this... The phone is not a weapon, if things get rough, you can always hang up! My friends always look at me in awe when I call a complete stranger and have no problem bombarding them with questions. I love people and it does not bother me to ask them questions that I need the answers to. I can proudly attribute this trait to my father. During my years of accompanying him on the truck, he would often hand me his phone and tell me to call someone and find out some information for him. I did not often times like it, but I know now that I have learned a valuable trait. Mist people wait for their parents to call someone for them or wont even go somewhere alone, because they do not want to have to be the talker, but the bottom line is we all have to grow up and take care of our own problems eventually. 
4. "I can't come into work/ go to class today because: _________"  I did not fill in the blank here because honestly, I have heard and read them all. The only good excuses are sickness (legit sick), births, and death. Aside from that I do not care what your excuse is. Especially if you are suppose to be there and your absence is letting someone down. Primarily at work, you are getting paid to do said job, just get up there and do it. When it comes to college I am usually laughing at excuses. Professors DO NOT care about your excuses, if your there, good for you, if not, oh well. They get a paycheck no matter what. And honestly, you don't go to class, you are honestly just wasting your own money. 
5. "My parent's wont let me..." is another of my favorites. This is usually just an excuse to blame your parents for something that you don't want to do. Honestly, this excuse works for anyone under the age of oh I don't know 16? But I just LOVE it when people my age and older use that one. Look people, it's time to grow up. If you can't do anything for yourself, you just do not deserve your freedom. Go move back in with Mommy and Daddy if your that dependent. As previously stated in a blog, I have a HUGE problem with people who live off of their parents. Both financially and emotionally. Like all mammals, we are meant to be raised and pushed from the nest (then occasionally come visit, drop off the grandkids, and then pick a respectable home to drop your Mother in when she becomes too much to handle [Sorry Melissa, if your good, I'll letcha pick your own]). But if your "out on your own" you should not be letting your parents control your life. Unfortunately I see this ALL the time and it drives me up the wall. Sorry I'm not sorry if this makes someone mad. Grow up! This being said, of course there are exceptions to the rule. If your still in school, by all means life with your parents. I'm not saying there aren't reasonable excuses to use this excuse, but in all honesty: let's grow up here people. 

Alright Readers, there are 5 of my favorite excuses. This post was a little more difficult because I had to put some serious thought into some of my answers and I am sure I could think of better excuses down the line, but as for right now, these work fine for me! I have often times myself looked up good excuses to use while online and have come across a fellow blogger's site that is as true as it is hilarious! Check out the blog here! What are some of your favorite excuses? Feel free to comment or respond! Have a great and happy Monday readers!