Ah yes, the old "Whimpy hamburger" excuse (I'll gladly pay you Friday for two hamburgers today...or something along that line).Hopefully by today she is sitting on the curb with all of her belongings?

South of Boston we can get high efficiency FHW units installed for much less than the "new heating systems will sink you $10k and wipe you out" scare tactic excuse people use for not investing, not sure how that cost translates to NY.  

There are really good con artists out there who will seem so cute and so sincere, and they are really good at getting you to like them so much - that when you learn about something in their info that does not meet your criteria - you will want to overlook it or excuse it.  

Stalls my son by promising to pay June as soon as he gets his check (typical excuse to stall landlord).

Excusing a late fee will void the lease language allowing a tenant to legally argue in the future that you may not charge late fees.

They may have "sold" it to the appliance shop to get some extra money then used that as an excuse.

Obviously this was another excuse as to why she couldn't pay October rent.

She was giving you excuses before even forking over a deposit?"

She has excuses for everything, nothing is ever her fault.  

My success on the $15k owed to me in damages and missed months was an email the length of a dissertation with a list of excuses including mold (nope, $800 of testing confirmed, they had a pet peeing on the carpet creating a bad smell) , _______'s cancer which came and went quickly, "having kids is hard", 1 of them starting college, and then an expected disappearance.