Patriots Day Means Avoiding Work

Happy Patriots Day!!

Now here’s a holiday you can appreciate…and maybe one you don’t get. OK, the banks are closed, some government offices are shut down-are you off the job? No, even though you are as patriotic as the next guy/gal, you are at work. Maybe you are secretly keeping up with the Red Sox game(they won it) or the Boston Marathon (it's over and someone you never heard of won it), but you are on-site, getting the job done.

Patriots Day is one of those weird holidays-New England-only in scope, but many companies don’t observe it anyway, mine being one of them.

Of course, you don’t need an officially sanctioned holiday to avoid work. Many of our colleagues are experts at “looking busy” whilst accomplishing absolutely NOTHING. Either they have maxed out the “sick days”, “personal days” or “mental health days” that companies provide—and/or they have become especially adept at actually showing up-but doing nothing at all. This takes some skill, but each of us in any workplace can identify those people who manage to dodge duties and responsibilities that the rest of us are saddled with.

In fact, it is usually only the BOSS who is completely unaware that our lazy colleague is…well…lazy. He or she will usually conclude that our do-nothing peer is really a hard-working individual. That’s because our hero is totally focused on deceiving that one person. Memos, e-mails and in-the-hallways conversations with the boss always portray an associate with their nose to the grindstone. The truth, of course, is that said nose is BROWN, but not because of any grindstone.

While this may cause resentment among those who ARE actually working, it shouldn’t. Take heart in the fact that you are EARNING your paycheck and really making a contribution to your firm—or the customers that it serves. You’ll sleep better knowing that your energy is directed towards DOING, not in DECIEVING.

Of course, if your inclination is the other way, you’ll find the following videos both humorous and useful-the first is just a link (embedding was blocked) and the second comes in both video and link mode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYgtUvgYi8U





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5kNeHuvgY

If you’d like my blog in your box daily (it’s no work for me to send and reading it may look like work to your boss), just let me know! Tim.moore@citcomm.com

Excuse me while I avoid work for a moment to surf the web….have a great holiday!!