Posted on 12/06/2009 8:09:32 AM PST by bert
I have learned that when I carry around a clipboard or even a single sheet of paper, people think I am working. If I carry the clipboard tucked under my elbow and a pen in the other, the phenomenon is increased. I'm working hard
Today the Senate is in session. The President is coming to visit them.
Collectively, they are carrying around a clipboard
Don’t forget, you also have to walk fast and have a serious look on your face while carrying the clipboard.
Manila folders are just as good.
Check your watch once or twice, too.
Discovered the same thing during a camp internship in college. It provides, I believe, one of the biggest optics pop of any prop out there. Want to stand out on the factory floor? Want to look authoritative at a high school or amateur sporting event, want to engender credibility at a local government meeting? The answer to these and many similar questions is the same: Carry a clipboard. It’s amazing! Good observationa and post, because in the end, it’s usually just a prop.
A pen behind the ear is another easy way to accessorize the clipboard look.
Carry a clipboard and look worried.
Worked every time!
During the late 80’s I worked for a large manufacturing company. They conducted an annual physical inventory of the plant which was an “all hands” process. Because of my modest job title I was relegated to the most menial of tasks - counting fasteners. It was mind-numbing and back breaking work with no options of “sharing the wealth”.
After my first inventory I learned to grab a hardhat and a clipboard, and walk around the plant with an air of purpose (easy since my purpose was to get out of work!).
I did it for three years before I got caught.
Filed inder: More evidence on why CW II is going to be a cake walk for the New South....
It works even better if you walk a bit faster than normal.
Pretend to enter something on a PDA.
That’s a great story!
What’s that supposed to mean?
You’re a devoted unionist and a self exposed slacker. I would have quite that job.
And you’re a degenerate “quite-er”.
Happy days.
Walk around a grocery store with a clip board and see how many employees come a runnin’ and start asking questions.
ESPECIALLY if you are browsing through packaged lunch meats or blocks of cheese. Just tell them you are browsing and need a few notes. They will watch you like a hawk...lol. Perhaps they know you might just find something like OUT OF DATE products.
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