Originally Posted by newB

Junior year in college I ran out of money around spring. Applied for a job waiting tables, got hired and did the training, then the first day I was scheduled to be waiting (a Saturday lunch) I was lazing in bed with the GF when it occurred to me that I was supposed to be at work. I think I was an hour late.

They let it slide, and I worked there through that degree, my next degree, and post-grad. Seriously, I became the best employee they had.