Excuse Me — a Blended Teaching Labs tool
What's their excuse
this time?
Paste it in. Get a ready-to-send reply in seconds — professional, or with a little flair.
What others have been dealing with
“My dog ate my laptop charger”
Believability
“My alarm didn't go off — I have screenshots”
Believability
“Food poisoning from the campus café — I have a receipt”
Believability
“My roommate deleted my assignment”
Believability
“Wi-Fi went out right as I submitted”
Believability
“I thought the deadline was 11:59pm not 11:59am”
Believability
“My grandmother passed away. Third time this semester.”
Believability
“My dog ate my laptop charger”
Believability
“My alarm didn't go off — I have screenshots”
Believability
“Food poisoning from the campus café — I have a receipt”
Believability
“My roommate deleted my assignment”
Believability
“Wi-Fi went out right as I submitted”
Believability
“I thought the deadline was 11:59pm not 11:59am”
Believability
“My grandmother passed away. Third time this semester.”
Believability
“Stuck in traffic for four hours because of a crash”
Believability
“My mental health has been really bad this week”
Believability
“Family emergency — I can't say what it was”
Believability
“The library printer broke and I had no other way to submit”
Believability
“Helping a friend through a crisis — I couldn't leave them”
Believability
“I submitted it — I have screenshots of the confirmation”
Believability
“Couldn't concentrate — neighbours were having a party”
Believability
“Stuck in traffic for four hours because of a crash”
Believability
“My mental health has been really bad this week”
Believability
“Family emergency — I can't say what it was”
Believability
“The library printer broke and I had no other way to submit”
Believability
“Helping a friend through a crisis — I couldn't leave them”
Believability
“I submitted it — I have screenshots of the confirmation”
Believability
“Couldn't concentrate — neighbours were having a party”
Believability
How it works
Paste the excuse
Copy and paste whatever the student sent you — long, short, implausible, or suspiciously detailed.
Get your reply
Choose Normal for a professional, policy-aware response — or Wild Card for something a little more entertaining.
Copy and paste into your email
Copy the reply straight into your email client. Subject line included. Done in seconds.
Wild Card mode
Ten styles. Pick one to see it in action.
Wild Card replies to excuses with a comedic twist. Choose a style below to see what it looks like. Entirely inappropriate to actually send. We recommend it anyway.
Tap any style to see an example reply