Dittie really doesn't do a whole lot ... but she likes to make people think she does. She'll go to
meetings exclaiming how busy she is, and she really doesn't have time to be in these meetings. You
know the kind -- "I'm too important to be here." In reality, what she really wants to do is go talk on
the telephone - not to clients, but to her husband, her friends (???), and co-workers. Oh!!! Let's not
forget the novel she works on at the office. She puts a lot of energy and company time in this novel.
Like it will go anywhere anyway -- but it's only company time, what does that matter?

Of course, a busy person has many files piled on their desk, right? Sure they do. They just don't
bother putting anything away so that it looks like they are SO busy. Now, Dittie has time to date
letters for at least five days in advance. This, to me, is a sign of SUCH a busy person. Doesn't this
seem like a busy person to you?

LET'S DO LUNCH

Then, Dittie must do lunch. Naturally, none of the important people in the office want to have lunch
with Dittie, so Dittie lords herself over her lowly co-workers trying to let them know how important
she is and just how lucky they are to be having lunch with her. She might even gossip and let you in
on some secret. What she forgets is that everyone else already knows this gossip and is just letting
her think she knows something they don't. Of course Dittie carefully avoids having lunch around
anyone who might know that she really doesn't know shit. Oh ... well, maybe she knows shit, just
really doesn't know anything of importance.

AEROBICS AND WHATNOT

Dittie rarely makes it to work on time ... Probably only when she knows for sure someone is going
to check on her. Then, she says she makes up her time by stating late or staying through lunch.
Excuse me? This girl has never stayed through her lunch working on the company's work in her life.
As for staying late ... I don't think she's ever stayed ten minutes without making sure she takes that
ten minutes extra at lunch or coming in late. In fact, when she's put in her time (or a little less), her
computer is off and she is outta there! Dittie also does aerobics every Tuesday and Thursday at
lunch time. Now mind you, she doesn't just do aerobics for her lunch hour ... she takes at minimal a
one and one-half hour lunch, and pretends to make up the time. Oh that Dittie, she's such a busy girl! Don't you think she deserves a big salary?

SELF WORTH

Well, Dittie certainly thinks she has a lot of self worth and she has some people fooled, but not me!
Oh no, Rebel Mary knows what she's up to ... and guess what ... a lot of other people are starting to
figure you out too.

IN CONCLUSION

I really think the below outlines our friend at the office:

• Putting in as little time as possible while making it look like she's doing sooo much.
• One-half hour phone call to hubby twice a day (at minimum) and then a few other personal phone calls throughout the day.
• Being very careful to show just how much she does at the office (while really doing as little as  possible).
• Making sure she takes as much from the company as she can and giving very little in return.
• Causing disruption in the office without upper management knowing what she is doing.
• Making sure everyone in the office knows about every little pathetic piece of her life (husband, novel and whatever else).

Please share your stories with me about the people in your office by writing me at:  Rebel Mary