Friday, June 27, 2008

Friday (or the day I try to do anything else but work)

I'm at work and have been for a couple hours already. I've managed to get most of the stuff I need to get done, done. Now for the utter mindlessness of cubicle lurking trying to seem busy so no one else will give me anything else to do before the day ends. There are many ways to accomplish this, the classic way, which is also the simplest, is to simply wait until someone is approaching and then quickly tab from the internet to an open excel spreadsheet, word doc, powerpoint, etc.... and simply state to the person that approached that your current project will take you a couple hours longer, and if you can get to their thing before the end of the day you will try.You can also pull the phantom, which is when anyone approaches your desk you simply get up and walk away before the get a chance to ask you for something, or if the manage to get within speaking distance just let them know that you need to go get coffee, fax something, use the crapper, etc..... and that you'll talk to them when you get back. Then fail to call or email them and say it slipped your mind. If you get good at this maneuver you will never need to ever speak to anyone in your office, as you will become like a phantom, there one moment, gone the next. Or you could just waste the day like this,
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