Many years ago I read in a book "The best way to look busy is to look angry!" That may sound a bit funny at first but from my observations it is true. Just take a bunch of papers and walk down the hallway looking angry and and everyone will expect you are to busy to talk to. You are so busy because something important did go wrong!

I am not saying you should do this. It may be bad behaviour. But I witnessed people acting exactly like that and I knew they had nothing to do.

Many years ago I read in a book "The best way to look busy is to look angry!" That may sound a bit funny at first but from my observations it is true. Just take a bunch of papers and walk down the hallway looking angry and and everyone will expect you are too busy to talk to; you are so busy because something important did go wrong!

I am not saying you should do this. It may be bad behaviour. But I witnessed people acting exactly like that and I knew they had nothing to do.