And there may be more of it in the U. S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses (" my grandmother died last week ") even when we don't believe them.

在美国也许会更常见，因为美国人非常“善解人意”，哪怕并不信拖拉者的借口(“我的祖母上周去世了”)，也不会责怪他们。