Want to look busy at work? Leave your coat on your chair overnight.

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This is kind of funny and shows the lameness of business games.

The Busyness Trap

I frequently talk to MBA students about their careers and aspirations for life. Some of these students worked on Wall Street, and when we talk, a number of them admit that the key to their success was creating the illusion of hard work. One said that he and the other associates would leave their suit coats on their chairs at the end of the work day to make it seem that they hadn't left for the night — that they were somewhere in the building doing work — when in fact they had gone home.

"We have these little tricks of the trade to create the impression that we are absolutely committed to the organization, even when we don't have any work," he told me. "It's part of managing expectations and our images."
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http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/the_busyness_trap.html