Best Things to Say if You Get Caught Sleeping on the Job....

"I'm actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP)Iearned at the last mandatory seminar." "This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work." "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!" "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm." Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to restoring the ozone layer." "Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot..." "Whew! Guess I left the top off the Whiteout. You probably got here just in time."
Originally published November 14, 2002.