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Best Excuses If You Get Caught Sleeping At Your Desk




1. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."

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

3. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper"

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

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

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

10. "The coffee machine is broke...."

11. "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot."

12. "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!"

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

14. "Wasn't sleeping. Was trying to pick up contact lens without hands."