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"I love the way you look like you're making money even though you're making no money at all."
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financial advisor, financial adviser, financial advisors, financial advisers, financial advice, investor, investors, investment, investments, bank, banks, saving, savings, investing, investment strategy, investment strategies, money making, profit, profits, looking busy, stockbroker, stockbrokers, broker, brokers, investment banking"Miss Durban, is there anything C.E.O.-ish for me to do?"
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word play, business, management, ceo, ceos, c.e.o.c.e.o.s, executive, executives, look busy, looking busy, chief executive, chief executives, task, tasks, agenda, agendas, set agenda, set agenda, daily task, daily tasks, secretary, secretaries, assistant, assistants, office assistant, office assistants, office assistance, mankoff'Remember when we used desktop computers? When everyone at least 'looked' busy?'
"Which phone will make me look the busiest when eating alone at a restaurant?"
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phone, phones, mobile phone, mobile phones, smartphones, smartphone, technology, salesman, salesmen, salesperson, retail, shop, shopping, shopped, shops, busy, scared to be alone, scares, social construct, social constructs, eating alone, eat alone, ate alone, eats alone, restaurant, restaurants, dine out, dine alone, purpose, look busy, looking busy, looks busy, looked busy"You mean to tell me we're walking around with empty file folders."
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office, offices, water cooler, water coolers, water cooler chat, water cooler chats, water cooler conversation, file folder, file folders, empty file folders, look busy, looking busy, look professional, looking professional, appearances, file, files, filing, desk job, desk jobs, office job, office jobs, middle manager, middle managers"I have to create a few loose ends for other people to clear up."
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executive, executives, business executive, business executives, manager, managers, business manager, business managers, boss, bosses, management style, management styles, lazy, laziness, look busy, looking busy, loose end, loose ends, tying up loose ends, expression, expressions, end of the day, end of the week, friday, fridays"Walking in the hall carrying a file folder makes you look busy. This allows you to get an aerobic workout and nobody is the wiser."
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walking, workout, exercise, aerobic workout, healthy living, healthy lifestyle, healthy lifestyles, walk, walks, slack, slacking, slacking off, exercising, keep fit, keeping fit, work, worker, workers, look busy, looking busy, file, files, job, jobs"Boss is coming! Discover something!"
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scientist, scientists, researcher, researchers, discovery, discoveries, scientific discovery, enticement discoveries, scientific research, scientific researcher, scientific researchers, look busy, looking busy, fixing the results, under pressure, boss, bosses, manager, managers, modern attitudes, climate science, pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, hierarchy, hierarchies"Why are you sending so many emails?""So that people think I am very busy."
"The new piece of paper you like to keep on your desk came in."
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piece of paper, paper pusher, paper pushers, look busy, looks busy, looking busy, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, corporate ladder, corporate culture, hierarchy, hierarchies, corporate hierarchy, corporate hierarchies, paperwork, desk, desks, office desk, office desks, paperwork, inbox, in-box, in-tray, secretary, secretaries, cover, covers, cover for, covering for, manager, managers, management"We can take credit for more jobs if we count 'family chores'."
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manipulating stats, manipulating statistics, massaging stats, massaging statistics, chore, chores, family chores, job creation, job creation task force, job creation task forces, take credit, takes credit, taking credit, steal credit, stealing credit, look busy, looking busy, claim credit, claiming credit, task force, task forces"Gloria, am I supposed to be mailing it in or just going though the motions today?"
"But honey, I've spent my last 30 years pretending to look busy. I can't quit overnight."
'Bring me an in basket and an out basket and some paperwork to shuffle between them.'
"Well, the boss asked what I was doing. And I told him that I wasn't doing what I should be doing, but that I wasn't doing anything that I shouldn't be doing. I guess that wasn't the right answer."
'I CAN go to lunch with you. I just clutter my desk with blank paper so the boss thinks I'm busy.'