Caught Sleeping In Your Office Cubicle Best excuses if you get caught sleeping in your office cubicle: "It's okay: I'm still billing the client."

"They told me at the blood bank this might happen."

"This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in that time-management course you sent me to."

"I was working smarter, not harder."

"Whew! I must a left the top off the liquid paper."

"I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!"

"This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!"

"I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance."

"I'm in the management training program."

"I'm actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP) I learned at the last management seminar you made me attend."

"This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!"

"I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress.

Do you discriminate against people who practice Yoga?"

"Darnn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem."

"The coffee machine is broken."

"Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot."

"Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!"

"It worked well for Reagan, didn't it?"

"I was cross-training for telecommuting."

"Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!"

"Wasn't sleeping. Was trying to pick up a contact lens without hands."

"The mailman flipped out and pulled a gun, so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot."

"Geez, I thought you were gone for the day."