1) The guys at the blood bank told me this might happen.
2) This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to.
3) I was working smarter - not harder.
4) I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!
5) This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!
6) I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance.
7) I'm in the management training program.
8) I'm actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP). I learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.
9) This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!
10) I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work related stress. Do you discriminate against people who practice Yoga?
11) Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.
12) The coffee machine is broken....
13) Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot.
14) Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off.
15) Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!
16) I wasn't sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without my hands.
17) The mail courier flipped out and pulled a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.
18) Geez, I thought you (the boss) were gone for the day. |