- Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.

- If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps. Or even better, hover behind me, advising me at every keystroke.

- Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

- If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don't open the door for me. I need to learn how to function if I should ever break both of my arms..

- If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is the priority. I am psychic.

- Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have no where to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work.

- If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could mean a promotion.

- If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversations. I was born to be whipped.

- If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done. No use confusing me with useful information.

- Never introduce me to the people you're with. I have no right to know anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them.

- Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to pay so much taxes on the bonus check you received for being such a good manager.

- Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I'm not here for the money anyway.