Top 13 best things to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
13. “They told me at the blood bank this might happen.”
12. “This is just a 15-minute power-nap that they raved about in the last time management course you sent me to.”
11. “Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper.”
10. “I wasn’t sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!”
9. “This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!”
8. “I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance.”
7. “I was actually doing a ‘Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan’ (SLEEP) I learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.”
6. “I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?”
5. “Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.”
4. “The coffee machine is broken…”
3. “Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!”
2. “I wasn’t sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without hands.”
And the #1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
1. “Amen”
