Excuses for Being Late with Z

• Zoned out

  Excuse, daydreaming caused delay

• Zebra crossing

  Excuse, delayed waiting at crosswalk

• zombies

  Funny excuse: “I was late because of zombies!”

• zapped by lightning

  Funny excuse, struck by lightning

• Zoo animals escaped

  Escaped zoo animals caused road closures—late!

The words in the list Excuses for Being Late with Z come from players of the word game City, Country, River.