Best excuses if you get caught sleeping in your office or 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?" 
 
"Darn! 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."