(April 1, 2019 at 8:26 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Elderly retired Naval officer in a nursing home told me : "You know, if you really want people to think you're busy you should carry a clipboard". I thought I was very busy as I was the Director of Nursing but the old salt may have seen right through me. I now routinely carry a clipboard.
When I was working for a large US insurance company I noticed a guy walking around with a clipboard. Every time he saw somebody looking at him he became "industrious". I called security and they accosted him. He opened fire with a 9mm. He had been looking for his soon to be ex-wife. Apparently he had stolen one of her building passes.
She didn't have to worry about him after that.