excuses, excuses

okay, so this is my first post out of three that we were supposed to do this weekend, and it's monday night...the night before the homework is due...an the reason is my keyboard was broken...and it truly was, you know? but then, this brought up a question for me...why do people make up excuses? do they do it so that their "crime" is just? or do they do for people to feel sorry for them? and, why do we feel sorry for people when they make up excuses...even though sometimes we know perfectly well they're making up excuses...? em...<3