There are times in every job that you must appear busy but in reality you if you weren't at your desk - no one but your co-workers would miss you. Here are some helpful hints with which to fill your day and never really accomplish anything...
- Never arrive before 9:30 a.m. as you get the best parking at that time
- Upon arrival – check all interesting websites to plan your day of reading/catching up on Hollywood Gossip and other tidbits (top sites for me - NY Post, Oprah, Gawker.com, etonline, Miss Doxie, Hashai, and the list could go on and on and on)
- Check voicemail and put off answering anything other than your boss as to do items throughout the day.
- Fill water bottle and chat with anyone that is at the watercooler – this can take up to 20 minutes
- Have morning chat (or as we like to call it -'host chat') with colleagues – this easily can fill an hour and people think you are having a meeting
- Enjoy mid-morning snack – 2nd round of colleague chatter
- Plan lunch time shopping expedition
- Leave for lunchtime shopping expedition
- Take 1 ½ hour lunch – shopping, eating, gossiping – all necessary items for mental health
- Return and peruse magazines (Vanity Fair, InStyle, People, US) for good articles to read
- Read said magazine with back to cube door so that no one can see – if not possible, place magazine inside business magazine (which you never read unless all other materials have been read and you have reached a new level of boredom. This includes perusing the classifieds to see what else is available
- Answer voice mail
- Afternoon chat with colleagues, check lottery tickets with hopes of winning and immediately leaving the building for Manolo shopping
- Leave by 4:30 pm
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