the art of avoiding work

I sometimes pride myself on avoiding work. Last year I managed a wonderful appraisal at my job by working zilch in the office. Appraisals are very subjective in nature...to get a good one, one just has to appear to be busy. Trust me, the maxim 'to get noticed, walk fast' is very true. I can tell you how I managed to do it. For one, involve as many people in the task assigned to you as possible but make sure one of those people is not someone who knows how the work can be done. Also make sure that all those people involved know that the pthers are involved too. This way a large number of people would think that the problem is big and you are doing some good work and putting in a lot of effort. Now when virtually everyone is involved in the task, go and talk to the person who knows how to do the job. But make sure this has to be done at a personal level. Do this when that individual is busy...so that he quickly gives you the solution, gets back to his work and forgets about the incident. All this can be done very easily if you are cute ( which incidentally I am...atleast that's what people say). Now go back to your seat and with the recently acquired knowledge, solve the problem and announce it to the world. Bingo, everyone would think that you actually worked out the solution which so many others could not.

Its easy...try it sometimes. If it works, you know whom to thank for it...if it doesn't, you ain't probably cute.