Dear boss,
I have some questions regading your message about the importance of accurate timesheets. I am trying to be more mindful in the reporting of my hours; unfortunately, I cannot find appropriate billing codes for many of my activities.
Below is a breakdown of how I spent my 40 hours this week. Please advise as to how I should enter these into my itemized timesheet. Thanks.
- Going to Starbucks to get coffee twice a day – 2.5 hours
- Checking and responding to work email – 5 hours
- Checking and responding to personal email – 1 hour
- Shopping online – 1 hour
- Paying bills online – 30 minutes
- Checking Facebook – 1 hour
- Checking Twitter – 1 hour
- Reading other Internet stuff – 4 hours
- Returning late from lunch – 1 hour
- Refilling my water bottle – 1 hour
- Going to the bathroom – 2.5 hours (Small bladder. Sorry.)
- Talking to co-workers about non-work-related topics – 1 hour
- Talking to co-workers about work-related topics – 30 minutes
- Eating donuts in the break room – 30 minutes
- Attending status meetings to report minimal changes in status since the previous status meeting – 15 hours
- Filling out my timesheet – 30 minutes
- Actually doing my job – 2 hours
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Dear current and potential employers,
This is Fiction Friday. That thing you just read is totally made up. I swear. In fact, during a 40 hour work week I actually bend time and space to fit 60 hours of work in a 40 hour space.
Sincerely,
Kim Z. Dale, unwaivering professional
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