EXCUSES WHEN CAUGHT SLEEPING ON THE JOB
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- "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 that time-management course you sent me to."

- "I was working smarter -- not harder."

- "Whew! I musta 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-resistance."

- "I'm in the management training program."

- Actually 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 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 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. (Next, I watch the Waltons.)"

- "Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!"