Technical Tip #37

[Willebeek-Lemair Jason-MCX1616 <jlemair -at- ITEXCHSRV2 -dot- PHX -dot- MCD -dot- MOT -dot- COM>]

Let's face it.  There will always be lulls in your workload.  A lot of us
like to use this time to return our brains to normal activity.
Unfortunately, people walking past your cubicle only see you staring
vacantly into space, with a bit of drool dribbling from the corner of your
mouth.  They don't see you sifting, sorting, and storing the information
that you hastily scattered about your braincase during the last frenzied
push on your project.  This can be detrimental to your career, especially if
your boss thinks that every minute you are not typing you are not being
productive (true story--but for a later time).

I worked with a fellow (name removed to protect the innocent--we'll call him
Mr. ZZZ, for reasons that will become apparent) who solved this problem.
His solution is Technical Tip #37--Looking Busy while Recharging the Gray
Matter.

He would place a printout of a manual on his desk and make some editing
marks on it in red.  It did not matter if the material needed to be edited
or not, or even if the marks made sense.  The important part is that the
marks were prominent enough to be seen from the cubicle entrance.

Then, hunched over the marked-up pages with red pen in hand, he would prop
his head up on his other hand and go to sleep, apparently concentrating
heavily on the editing task at hand.

DISCLAIMER:  Jason is in no way responsible for the consequences if a trail
of drool gives you away.  There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that
this ruse will work in all situations.

Jason

Jason T. Willebeek-LeMair
Technical Writer
Technical Publications
Motorola Computer Group
(602)438-3135
mailto:jlemair -at- phx -dot- mcd -dot- mot -dot- com

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