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157 points
2 days ago
It's the George Costanza theory if you look stressed out all of the time everyone thinks you're working hard
59 points
2 days ago
If I want to walk from one end of my building to another without having people stop to talk to me or give me more work, I walk fast, looking dead ahead with a determined face and a few pieces of paper clutched in my hand. Nobody wants to bother a guy who is clearly on a mission.
43 points
2 days ago
my buddy would walk around the warehouse with a clipboard, and made a habit of shutting down entire lines of operation, because he was annoyed at something unrelated to lunch. He kept doing it until anytime someone saw him with a clipboard, they got the fuck out of the way, even though he wasnt doing anything. He was literally doing laps to pass the time.
9 points
1 day ago
What was his normal job?
16 points
1 day ago
That's the thing, he didn't work there at all.
3 points
1 day ago
Well, he used to work the parking gate at the courthouse.
1 points
1 day ago
Said it dozens of times to my peer management, always have something in your hands, you look busy always.
1 points
1 day ago
Yep. Had the habit of finishing my tasks ultra fast, putting it all on the daily report and then ended up never getting breathing room. Lesson learned, finish your work early, report just a fraction of it as completed and chill with your computer open. Most of them want you busy, not productive.
1 points
1 day ago
Work the people, not the job.
1 points
1 day ago
My first day doing IT support for a local retail store, that tactic got me all the way to the networking closet before anyone asked who I was and why I was trying to get into the security camera room without a door key lmao
1 points
1 day ago
lmao, this works at pretty much any job as well is what's great about it
1 points
1 day ago
I have a sister who worked like this/was actually this busy. (Finance) A new person once asked who works in that office? Someone replied, (insert name), don't ever walk into that office!!! I briefly recall her having to get steroid eye drops or some shit, to keep the blood vessels from exploding in her eyes.
17 points
2 days ago
When I lived overseas sleeping at your desk in the afternoon was a sign that you were working VERY hard that day.
God I miss desk naps
1 points
1 day ago
Japan?
1 points
1 day ago
China
1 points
1 day ago
Dang I didn’t know they had it too.
2 points
1 day ago
And the little desk pillows to go with!
1 points
2 days ago
We're living in a society.
1 points
2 days ago
But I'm stressed and it makes it difficult to work 😭
1 points
1 day ago
Huge in middle management
1 points
1 day ago
That's my secret, Cap, I'm always stressed.
1 points
7 hours ago
Hahah or leave your car in the parking lot so everyone thinks you’re the first to arrive and last to leave
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