If you get caught sleeping on the job, here’s some quick excuses!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 the last time-management course you sent me to.I was working smarter, not harder.“Whew! Guess I 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 the keyboard for drool resistanceI’m in the management training programActually doing a „Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan“ (SLEEP) you learned at the last mandatory seminar your boss made you attend.This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamt about work!“I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?“Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.The coffee machine is broke….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 contact lens without hands.The mailman flipped out and took out a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.I thought you(boss) were gone for the day.
