new study says people can be pretty creative it comes to those responses, correspondent jamie uke as has some interesting examples. >> can i ask you a question real quick? >> it seems like all every us are running behind. >> oh, i'm real late. >> oh, three out of five days. >> some excuses are plausible. >> my baby pooped. >> i told them that i was like throwing up sick. so that's yes was late. and i really just overslept. >> did they buy it? >> ya. >> but others are even more creative. >> someone from my family died. >> i didn't think it was a work day. it was a holiday. >> how did that fly? >> not so much. thinks that bad? new survey, most outrageous excuses employers had heard? they included my hair caught on fire, from my blow dryer. there was fresh powder on the hill, i had to go skiing. a vaseline truck overturned on the highway, and cars were slipping left and right. and, i was detained, by homeland security. more than a third every employers say they don't care if you're late once in a while. >> a quarter of us show up late once a month. >> why do we come up with a excuse? >>

cbs news correspondent jamie uke as reports, their adventure has turned them into huge on line hit. >drive-thru the car wash, swimming for the first time. >> nice job, hon. >> i french fries at mcdonald's, and walk down the aisle. with just months to live, this beagle poodle mix is checking off a 81 item bucket list with her owner, todd. diagnosissed when lymphoma just before thanksgiving. >> it was the toughest day of my life. >> he's posting each adventure to facebook, some are simple, there is number 43, build a snowman. other are sweet, like number 66, take a relaxing bubble bath. and once all dog own kearse identify with, like number 12, watch a sunset with my best friend. >> why did you create the bucket list? >> we just wanted to do something that would be special for her in her last days. >> it seems to be striking a cord with people from across the country, who write back words of encouragement. the duo still needs to check off about 30 items. >> i tried to, you know, give her as many hugs and kisses and as many treats as she wants now. >> it is a journey no one really wants