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Top 25 Excuses For Getting Caught Sleeping In Your Cubicle

1. I was just waiting for the mighty 386 computer you gave me to
finish compiling the data on the work efficiency project.

2. It's okay...I'm still billing the client .

3. This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the
last time management course you sent me to.

4. They told me at the blood bank this might happen.

5. I was working smarter, not harder.

6. I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement
and envisioning a new paradigm!

7. I'm in the management training program

8. Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper

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

10. Actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP)
you learned at the last mandatory seminar your boss made you
attend.

11. This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed
about work!

12. I'm increasing everyone else's productivity by reducing my oxygen
consumption.

13. I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance

14. I was up all night tracking down hackers that were trying to break
into our system. Luckily I was able to hold them off!

15. I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related
stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?

16. Testing my cubicles sleeping conditions satisfies ISO-9000 norms.

17. Quickly say "Amen" and explain that you were just praying for the
wisdom to "work smarter, not harder"

18.
Me, snoring? No, that was my floppy drive!

19. If I sleep in my cubicle, I can spend more time in the office
because I don't have to sleep at home.

20. Statistics prove that people who take a short nap after lunch get
more accomplished than people who don't.

21. I got wrapped up with my project last night and haven't gone home
yet, I must have dozed off.

22. Recent developments in computer monitor design allow me to project
information directly onto my eyelids.

23. I was just testing my eyelids for holes. So far I haven't found
any, but I must keep looking!

24. Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a
solution to our biggest problem.

25. Hypnotized by my screen saver.