Top 25 Excuses For Getting Caught Sleeping In Your Cubicle




 1. I was just waiting for the mighty 386 computer you gave me to finish compiling
    the data on the work efficiency project.

 2. It's okay...I'm still billing the client.

 3. This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the last time
    management course you sent me to.

 4. They told me at the blood bank this might happen.

 5. I was working smarter, not harder.

 6. I wasn't sleeping!  I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a
    new paradigm!

 7. I'm in the management training program.

 8. Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper.

 9. This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!

10. Actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP) you learned at
    the last mandatory seminar your boss made you attend.

11. This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!

12. I'm increasing everyone else's productivity by reducing my oxygen consumption.

13. I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance.

14. I was up all night tracking down hackers that were trying to break into our
    system.  Luckily I was able to hold them off!

15. I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress.  Are
    you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?

16. Testing my cubicles sleeping conditions satisfies ISO-9000 norms.

17. Quickly say "Amen" and explain that you were just praying for the wisdom to "work
    smarter, not harder"

18. Me, snoring?  No, that was my floppy drive!

19. If I sleep in my cubicle, I can spend more time in the office because I don't
    have to sleep at home.

20. Statistics prove that people who take a short nap after lunch get more accomplished
    than people who don't.

21. I got wrapped up with my project last night and haven't gone home yet, I must have
    dozed off.

22. Recent developments in computer monitor design allow me to project information
    directly onto my eyelids.

23. I was just testing my eyelids for holes.  So far I haven't found any, but I must
    keep looking!

24. Darn!  Why did you interrupt me?  I had almost figured out a solution to our
    biggest problem.

25. Hypnotized by my screen saver.