Look Busy Even when You're Not
We've all been in situations where we have nothing to do but we still need to look like we're doing something. But we have no clue! This will really help you out.
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Steps
- 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!
- 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.
- Use your pen. If you're at school, writing or something, run your pen over your work, as if checking for mistakes.
- Always keep a word file open and cut paste some weird stuff there. When they see you chatting just Alt+Tab to the word file and pretend that you have typed it there yourself.
- When setting off on your task, look for anything that you can use to stall. Maybe a shoelace of yours got untied, or you need to straighten your shirt and a pen fell out, or other things like that.
- Have a book or notebook and pen right next to you. If someone passes by you, just pick it up and start reading/writing.
- When at your workstation, pretend you sat on something sharp. Pretend to examine the area.
- Drop a pen by accident. Pick it up and pretend that the cap fell off too. Anything will work as long as it prolongs your stalling time.
- Shift objects to make you comfortable. Don't get up and start walking around moving tables, just pretend you are organizing your workstation.
- Pretend you have a small crack in your neck. Start stretching, but not too long as people might get suspicious.
- Stall. 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.
- Do more research. 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.
Tips
- Never give anyone the idea that you have nothing to do. They'll just say "Oh, go find something then." It's obvious that you can't find anything.
- Sometimes, it also helps to act like you're reading a book or something while actually daydreaming.
- If people often ask what you are doing, tell them to mind their own business or simply change the subject by quickly asking them a question of your own.
Warnings
- People can say things without thinking. They'll ask what you're doing. Just ignore them. Pretend to be too busy to answer their questions.
