Well look who got some little arms and legs and other stuff today! Wax cheese person did! With just one more Babel cheese round, I was able to really put together a nice little desk tchotchke. It was also a great project in that I could have an appropriate screen up on my computer (as in something that relates to my job) while still not paying it any attention. This was useful because here's something stupid I've been doing lately: When I have a window open on my computer for my Scrabble game or Facebook or Old Navy (girl's gotta get a swimsuit, am I right?) and someone comes up behind me, I jump in my seat and- as they watch- pull up a work-related window. I do this as if the person has either lost their power of sight, or could somehow be convinced to believe that everyone keeps up a decoy window and their real focus is on the minimized one. This is ridiculous. I cannot stop doing it.
Another trick I've been pulling that is fooling no one but... no one... is that I hold my purse low by my side- instead of putting it over my shoulder- to be less conspicuous when I'm sneaking out of the office early. This would make sense if my coworkers were unable to look down, or if a reasonable thought pattern was: "Oh- It's only 5:30. Is Katie leaving this early? She's headed towards the elevator and her computer is shut down, but no... no... She's holding her purse down low which means she's not really holding it. It's not over her shoulder, so it isn't her real purse and she isn't carrying it in earnest. She must just be walking somewhere to work harder." That is not reasonable at all. Unlike Wax Cheese person.
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