So many people have tips and tricks to show they are busy and online when they are not. What are yours?

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If you are consistently inconsistent with the source of your communications, no one will ever think twice about where you are.

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Is this HR trying to gauge how to make people work more?

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Put a YouTube video on full screen and let it keep auto playing. Will keep your screensaver from turning on and you’ll be available. Or be like others offline

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Another option: turn your laser mouse upside down, set a fan next to your mouse with a tissue attached to the fan so it flutters above the mouse laser.

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I’ve always heard that a sock on the doorknob is a good way to show you are busy tipping a trick.

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Nobody knows because I never go on messenger which is the best mystery

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If you tether your mouse to an oscillating fan your lync will be active all night

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Or you download a program called mouse jiggler. Computer never goes idle.

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I have a friend who legit downloaded and auto-clicker and would just let that baby run

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When I worked at KPMG, I put my skype messenger idle button to 1 hour when I worked from home

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Open word and put a rock on the keyboard

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Well duh^

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BDO 1 so if you go to settings on skype and go to “status” you can set to show yourself idle whenever. I said an hour before just as an example, but you could set it so that it won’t show you’ve been idle for much longer. I do recommend you run a YouTube video or mouse jiggler in addition to this though because once your screen goes out, it’ll show that you’re inactive regardless of what your settings are in skype

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Step 1: open notepad
Step 2: lay something on your space bar
Step 3: take a nap

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Put all your messenger contacts into the "external contacts" folder and they will not see a timer next to you're name while you're away

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My trick is to have the best teams in the best group in the best office :)

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SA1 wouldn’t it show “inactive” after 1 hr ?

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A colleague just told me to connect my wireless headphones and go about my business, I can hear if I get a ping. Coupled with setting my computer not to show away for an hour, and I am golden when working from home.

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I NEVER use the message systems, and almost always email from my phone.

SA1 how do you do that?

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