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Late today. Well 12 minutes late to be precise. The production line was held up from doing whatever it is that it does. The work is second only in importance to looking like you are working. Stay busy. Be at that desk. Put in the hours. Always be available for work related activity. And most importantly, be enthusiastic.

Your owner's and fellow wageslaves dislike nothing more than someone who displays unapproved emotions such as cynicism, depression, irritation, flippancy or willful independence.

Being late hints at a lack of commitment to the company.

Look around you. Those who do well as wageslaves are always at their desk or have their mobile glued to their ears, spouting a mantra of work related new speak to a client. There is a feeling with these people that if you snuck back in to the office at night they would still be there. If after a nights heavy drinking, you left the early house and went straight to work, they would already be there, at their desk. Smiling. Happy. Working.

The deadwood, on the other hand. Will be seen to be late. They may put in as many hours as the model wageslaves but they don't broadcast it. Their owners probably aren't aware of it and on the one day they decide to come in early they catch you coming in late. After that you carry the mark of Cain. Worse still they may once have walked past you as you were busy on the phone making arrangements to meet a non work related friend.

Taking personal calls is almost as frowned upon as being late.

I am now officially a dead man walking. It is just a matter of time.