|  Excuses 
        To Use When Caught Sleeping At Work 
 They told me 
        at the blood bank that this might happen. 
 This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time 
        management course you sent me to.
 
 I was working smarter - not harder.
 
 Whew! I must have left the top off the whiteout.
 
 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 resistance.
 
 I'm in the management training program.
 
 I'm actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP). I 
        learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.
 
 This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about 
        work!
 
 I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work related stress. 
        Do you discriminate against 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 broken....
 
 Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot.
 
 Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off.
 
 Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!
 
 I wasn't sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without my 
        hands.
 
 The mail courier flipped out and pulled a gun so I was playing dead to 
        avoid getting shot.
 
 Geez, I thought you (the boss) were gone for the day.
 
 I'm just restung my eyes.
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