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Monday, July 6, 2009 at 10:03 am
tags Tags: Business Life, Vacation, bingstuff, business ideas

mrwinkle1. Don’t do too much.

2. Take it a little easy at first.

3. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

4. Don’t worry. Be happy.

5. Stay hydrated.

6. Only see people you don’t have to.

7. Put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

8. Have a nice piece of fruit.

9. Knock off early.

10.

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10. Go out for a really nice, long, relaxing lunch. Expense it if at all possible.

Welcome back Bing!

Posted By Denny Denver, CO : July 6, 2009 10:07 am

11. Accidentally leave your out of office on.

12. Don’t respond to any meeting requests.

13. Get lost on the way to the office?!

Posted By Buddy, OKC, OK : July 6, 2009 10:47 am

10. Call in (or go home) sick.

Happy Monday…

Posted By Robbie P, Endicott NY : July 6, 2009 10:51 am

10. Figure out whom to scapegoat for anything that went wrong in your absence. Update and consolidate your paper trail, assigning away the responsibility to them, while you were away.

Posted By Silly Willy, Atlanta, GA : July 6, 2009 11:26 am

1. Come in late.

Posted By Jerry, Arlington VA : July 6, 2009 11:39 am

10. Start planning for your next vacation.

Posted By Jack Hammond Canada : July 6, 2009 12:50 pm

11. read blogs featuring the adorable Mr. Winkle (see above)

12. rinse and repeat

Posted By Margaret Weigel, Medford, MA : July 6, 2009 1:32 pm

10. Avoid making lists of any sort for at least three full days after returning from vacation.

Posted By Bruce Geiger, Madison WI : July 6, 2009 1:49 pm

Blog to your buds.

Welcome back, Stanley.

Posted By Paul, Miami, Fl. : July 6, 2009 1:53 pm

Bing,

The problem I am encountering coming back from vacation is the realization that working sucks and that there are better things to do with my life. (e.g. drinking fruity cocktails by the pool.) What advice can you give on getting motivated again? Besides the eating, shelter and contributing member of society stuff I get from lousy bum coworkers?

Posted By David, Los Angeles CA : July 6, 2009 2:07 pm

10. Announce retirement.

Motivation’s a bitch, ain’t it?

Posted By Steve, Charleston, WV : July 6, 2009 2:51 pm

10. Find a good hiding place and catch a long nap so you can recover from your exhausting vacation. The way it works when you’re a state or federal worker is: Out of sight, out of mind.

Posted By Tim, McKinleyville, California : July 6, 2009 2:54 pm

Actually, you’re right, Tim. I’m wiped out.

Posted By Bing : July 6, 2009 5:08 pm

I just saw, apropos of nothing, that Bing (the search engine, not me) has taken over one of my tool bars! I didn’t instruct it to do so! It just… did it! On its own! Help!!!!

Posted By Bing : July 6, 2009 5:09 pm

Wear some calamine lotion to kick the notion of stepped up motion.

The usual slow motion, or no motion, is great for continued office commotion. Welcome back!

Posted By Bob, Michigan : July 6, 2009 6:20 pm

Bing, maybe the picture of Mr Winkle caused the hijack of your tool bar by the MS Bing entity…we really don’t know how deep the conspiracy goes, although Madoff hinted his harsh sentence may be linked to the well-groomed canine as well…be suspicious…the times are changing…

Posted By Robbie P, Endicott NY : July 6, 2009 6:47 pm

Good to have you back, Bing. We missed you. We were an aimless, unfocused bunch. As I recall. In some ways it felt good. None of us felt the need to be wise, current, or witty. We just hung out on your blog, idling away the weeks.

Take it easy. Don’t hurt yourself; we would all benefit by a slow ramp-up. Really slow. And the way the economy feels this week, slow is the word.

Posted By Bill, Laurel, MD : July 6, 2009 9:57 pm

The most important thing to do when you return? Post something new on your blog so everyone will know you are alive.

You did it right. Welcome back!

Posted By Jim, Winston-Salem, NC : July 7, 2009 10:47 am

What an adorable thing we can on the photo!!! Can you please, tell, me what is it? Is it some sort of dog?

Snow Vacation

Posted By Dest, Denver, CO : July 7, 2009 4:23 pm

It’s Mr. Winkle. Here’s a link: http://www.mrwinkle.com/

Posted By Bing : July 7, 2009 4:38 pm

14. Stay inebriated.

And Bing, thanks for Mr Winkle…he made me feel a whole lot better than did MJ’s death extravaganza, Afghanistan, or the sordid state of the economy…..as long as Mr Winkle stays the hell off my lawn things are really ‘looking up’.

Mr Winkle would certainly never lie about hiking the Appalachian trail, solicit sex from an undercover police officer in the next stall, or mislead us regarding WMD’s in Iraq. That’s change I can believe in.

Posted By Mike, Spokane, WA : July 8, 2009 11:04 pm
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Stanley Bing is a Fortune columnist and best-selling author of business books noted for their wisdom as well as their sharp, slightly acrid sense of humor. He is also the only writer on business and the workplace who still puts on a suit and tie and goes to do battle with the dragons that breathe fire at corporate America every day. This blog captures what remains of his brain after it has exploded in all other directions.
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