Monday, May 12, 2008

Slacking off at Work #1

Part one of our five-part series in examining the essentials of slacking off at work, shines light on a strategy we like to call, Printing with a Purpose.

If you haven't done any "real" work in 40 or 50 minutes and you see your supervisor occupied, but near the printer, send something (anything) to the printer and walk briskly over to collect it. Give a huff, or an exasperated puff, as you pass your supervisor on the way back, giving off the impression that whatever you are working on right now has got you super busy. So busy that you had to print some shit. Voila, you've got yourself another 20 minutes to stare off into space, plus some fantasy baseball rankings to keep you company next time you hit the restroom.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the office, it's a special place!