Thursday, March 09, 2006

Ways to look busy in the office..

Hi...Wanna be the most hardworking guy in office?? Naa.. I am sure u dont.. But hey, you can atleast look like the most hardworking guy around, right?? Follow my lead... Read on.. :D This is strictly copyright and copywronged by me.. But u can feel free to use it in ur office. Any vilaivugals coming out of following cannot be attributed to me! Follow the white rabbit....

* Stare at the monitor and scratch your chin. Repeat this every 10 minutes.

* Stretch your arms every 5 minutes and say "ooof"...

* If u are working for a software company, keep some geeky websites like google.com and slashdot.com open.

* Every one hour, get up and go to the opposite end of your floor. You must make sure that you walk very fast (as if u are going for an appointment or something). When you reach the other end of the floor, act as if u forgot something and walk faster to your place. This will make on-lookers think you are a very busy person.

* Use words like "Oh Man!!", "Damn", "Stupid Computer.. Its hampering my work" every half hour.

* While talking to colleagues, use big big words like "productivity", "integrity", "work-life balance", "constructors and destructors", "smart pointers" etc. Make it sound as if you know what all those things mean!

* Every one hour, stare at the wall for 10 mins and act as if you are contemplating something. Youcan use this time to think about Ash..

* Open Microsoft Outlook and start typing a long mail. Make sure you use a lot of colors and use different types of fonts. The mail should be no lesser than 50 lines. After composing the mail, run spell-check in it. Correct every mistake that it shows up and make sure the email is proper. After doing all that, send the email to yourself.

* Once you get the email, you can start pretending as if you have just received a very important email and you can spend 15 minutes reading that!!!

* Set up "caller tunes" on ur mobile phone and keep ur mobile in silent mode. Then pick up your office phone and dial your mobile's number and spend some time listening to the song! Paatu keta maathirium irukkum , people will also think that you are engaged in some T-Con.

* Go to your neighbor everyone hour and see what he is doing. Make some nasty comments about the quality of his work.

* Ping someone on the internal messenger and when he replies, say "Just checking if you were there"..

* Bang your desk twice a day and swear!!!

Do all this and you will look like the busiest guy in office!!! Enjoy maadi! :D

Whoosh.

21 comments:

Just.Cliking said...

Thanks for giving 13 great tips.Cool...........

Vincent said...

One more thing. If you don't have any work to do, don't smile or be cheerful.. Always look a little annoyed. People will think you're very busy and pissed off that something work-related is not working.

kuttichuvaru said...

LOL...romba experience pola irukku??

Venkatraman Venkatasubramanyam said...

டேய், உண்மைய சொல்லு... என் ஆபீஸ் வந்து என்னை பார்த்ததுக்கப்புறம் தான உனக்கு இந்த பதிவுக்கான யோசனை வந்துச்சு...

Vincent said...

"Go to your neighbor everyone hour and see what he is doing. Make some nasty comments about the quality of his work. "

Idhu veen vambu la poi mudiyum.. It'll make him curious about my contribution to the team. What if my neighbour comes every one hour and checks what I'm doing ? :P

Shiv said...

Is this the secret of ur hardworking nature!! Grin!!

Open Microsoft Outlook and start typing a long mail. Make sure you use a lot of colors and use different types of fonts. The mail should be no lesser than 50 lines. After composing the mail, run spell-check in it. Correct every mistake that it shows up and make sure the email is proper. After doing all that, send the email to yourself.

Liked this!!

J said...

epdi ma idhellaam :-) thaanaa thonumaa unaku :D

BZ said...

errata: its slashdot.org :-P
I know it cos I keep it open. ;)

Good one pal.

DreamClicks said...

And - Keep animating your MS Office Assistant! (Right-click on the dog or cat or whatever and animate)

Whoosh 2 said...

@Just Clicking: U r most welcome :D

Whoosh 2 said...

@Vincent: well said man.. i need to add that to my list! :)

Whoosh 2 said...

@Kuttichuvaru: Rombave yaar! :)

Whoosh 2 said...

@Venkat: Nammelaam orey kuttai la ooruna mattainga.. nee angai enna panriyo, naan adhai ingai panrein..:D

Whoosh 2 said...

@Vincent: aana ennoda matha rules a follow panna, ur neighbor will think u are very busy and he wont come to vaalaatify to u!! :D

Whoosh 2 said...

@Shiv: This is very much the secret of my hard working nature :D

Whoosh 2 said...

@j: elaam ullendhu thaana varudhu. :D

Whoosh 2 said...

@Saranya: thanks pa.. and btw, slashdot.com redirects to slashdot.org ;)

Whoosh 2 said...

@dv: valid point! :D

Whoosh 2 said...

@Dumbs: Well, who said they work!!?? :p

Chaos And Order - "Satheesh" said...

Oh..My God.. This is getting serious Vicky.. when did you visit Hyderabad..? When did you visit my office..? And.. and.. when did you see me working my dear friend..?!!

Very bad.. very bad..you should have at least my name inthe article..!

No issues.. next time do it okay..?

--Satheesh
"aandavan thaan kaapiyaathanum"

Whoosh 2 said...

Hey Satheesh, how dare u trespass my copyright??? All that I have said are my birthright things and I prohibit u from doing the same without my permission.. :p