Best excuses if you get caught sleeping in your cubicle:

February 21, 1999

1. "It's okay...I'm still billing the client."

2. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."

3. "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the

last time management course you sent me to."

4. "I was working smarter, not harder."

5. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper."

6. "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement

and envisioning a new paradigm!"

7. "This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!"

8. "I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance."

9. "I'm in the management training program."

10. "I'm actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise

Plan"(SLEEP) I learned at the last mandatory seminar you (boss) made

meattend."

11. "This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I

dreamed about work!"12. "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise

to relieve

work-related stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who

practiceYoga?"

13. "The coffee machine is broke...."

14. "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot."

15. "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!"

16. "It worked well for Reagan, didn't it?"

17. "I was cross-training for telecommuting. (Next, I watch theWalton's)"

18. "Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of theworkaholic!"

19. "I wasn't sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lenses

without using my hands."

20. "The mailman flipped out and took out a gun so I was playing

dead to avoid getting shot."

21. "I thought you (boss) were gone for the day."

yhs

Karunanidhi Krishna dasa

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