But if you live in El Paso, there are a handful of excuses that almost everyone has either heard or at least considered using once or twice! El Paso Has Some Pretty Creative Late-to-Work ExcusesSome of the answers were surprisingly practical. Then there were the truly El Paso answers. El Paso Shared Its Best Late-to-Work Excuses From I-10 traffic to trains and everything in between, these El Paso excuses are almost too believable. If nothing else, this proved one thing: El Paso has a shared sense of humor, and apparently a shared emergency list of reasons to tell the boss when you're running behind.