How to Look Busy Even when You're Not
Try to have multiple tabs open on your computer., Pretend you're annoyingly texting someone., Use your pen., Always keep a word file open and cut paste some weird stuff there., When setting off on your task, look for anything that you can use to...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Try to have multiple tabs open on your computer.
Keep one tab open on some very boring research.
When someone comes close, switch to that tab and pretend to be deeply engrossed in it.
Your boss will leave you alone forever.
Maintain that expression, even while on a different tab.
But be careful, they may get you involved in the most boring of researches now! -
Step 2: Pretend you're annoyingly texting someone.
People are bound to ask who you're texting so, just say it's a friend.
Make up a random name if you like. , If you're at school, writing or something, run your pen over your work, as if checking for mistakes. , When they see you chatting just Alt+Tab to the word file and pretend that you have typed it there yourself. , Maybe a shoelace of yours got untied, or you need to straighten your shirt and a pen fell out, or other things like that. , If someone passes by you, just pick it up and start reading/writing. , Pretend to examine the area. , Pick it up and pretend that the cap fell off too.
Anything will work as long as it prolongs your stalling time. , Don't get up and start walking around moving tables, just pretend you are organizing your workstation. , Start stretching, but not too long as people might get suspicious. , If your boss does check your work, stall them and start typing to make you look busy
- type something like " The following topic of which I am about to discuss via work and documentation is..." as it babbles on. , Go to Google and type in "things that make you look busy" and you find this site, read it, put your own stuff on it. -
Step 3: Use your pen.
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Step 4: Always keep a word file open and cut paste some weird stuff there.
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Step 5: When setting off on your task
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Step 6: look for anything that you can use to stall.
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Step 7: Have a book or notebook and pen right next to you.
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Step 8: When at your workstation
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Step 9: pretend you sat on something sharp.
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Step 10: Drop a pen by accident.
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Step 11: Shift objects to make you comfortable.
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Step 12: Pretend you have a small crack in your neck.
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Step 13: Stall.
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Step 14: Do more research.
Detailed Guide
Keep one tab open on some very boring research.
When someone comes close, switch to that tab and pretend to be deeply engrossed in it.
Your boss will leave you alone forever.
Maintain that expression, even while on a different tab.
But be careful, they may get you involved in the most boring of researches now!
People are bound to ask who you're texting so, just say it's a friend.
Make up a random name if you like. , If you're at school, writing or something, run your pen over your work, as if checking for mistakes. , When they see you chatting just Alt+Tab to the word file and pretend that you have typed it there yourself. , Maybe a shoelace of yours got untied, or you need to straighten your shirt and a pen fell out, or other things like that. , If someone passes by you, just pick it up and start reading/writing. , Pretend to examine the area. , Pick it up and pretend that the cap fell off too.
Anything will work as long as it prolongs your stalling time. , Don't get up and start walking around moving tables, just pretend you are organizing your workstation. , Start stretching, but not too long as people might get suspicious. , If your boss does check your work, stall them and start typing to make you look busy
- type something like " The following topic of which I am about to discuss via work and documentation is..." as it babbles on. , Go to Google and type in "things that make you look busy" and you find this site, read it, put your own stuff on it.
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Judy Garcia
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