| Best excuses if you get caught sleeping in your office cubicle: � "It's okay: I'm still billing the client." � "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." � "This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in that time-management course you sent me to." � "I was working smarter, not harder." � "Whew! I must a left the top off the liquid paper." � "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!" � "This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!" � "I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance." � "I'm in the management training program." � "I'm actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP) I learned at the last management seminar you made me attend." � "This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!" � "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. � Do you discriminate against people who practice Yoga?" � "Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem." � "The coffee machine is broken." � "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot." � "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!" � "It worked well for Reagan, didn't it?" � "I was cross-training for telecommuting." � "Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!" � "Wasn't sleeping. Was trying to pick up a contact lens without hands." � "The mailman flipped out and pulled a gun, so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot." � "Geez, I thought you were gone for the day." |
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