Looking Busy (Part 1)

Generally, this will not be a concern until you are promoted to an executive position. But once you've created the illusion that you serve even the slightest purpose at your place of "business," there's no telling how far you'll go. In the real working world, productivity is all a matter of appearances.

Appearance: 

You are furiously taking notes while conducting an important telephone marketing survey.

Reality: 

You are pretending to take notes while talking to your friend who has called collect from Bulgaria.

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Appearance: 

You are on the phone with a client in New York and you have said, "Yes sirree! That stock is about to shoot through the roof, now's a great time to buy, I tell ya!"

Reality: 

You are on the phone with a friend in Guam and you have said, "Yeah, this job is terrible, and my boss is such a pushy whining... Yes sirree! That stock is about to shoot through the roof, now's a great time to buy, I tell ya!"

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Appearance: 

You are at your computer writing a serious business memorandum to your department supervisior.

Reality: 

You are at your computer telling dead-baby jokes to your e-mail correspondent in Namibia.