"The dog ate my homework"

Sorry.

In the computer age, the favoured excuse of yesteryear will no longer suffice. Instead, when the deadline for submitting school/college work arrives and the assignment is still not complete, today's student turns to corruptedfiles.com - a website service where for a modest sum a corrupt computer file can be purchased for submission.

The idea is that by the time the corruption is discovered, the work will be complete and the actual file can be sent.

Of course, such a ploy could never have a place in working life. Could it?