I became a sneak, telling her I was at work instead of sailing, or taking the bus instead of hitchhiking or riding my boyfriend's motorcycle.
It's Monday, it's raining and you're cursing the fact that you're at work instead of in bed nursing the remnants of your weekend hangover.
And the more low-emotion responsibilities you can take off of the plate through senior care toolkits or resource and referral benefits, the more you help employees focus on work when they're at work instead of engaging in productivity-killing multi-tasking.
Many people feel guilty for being at work instead of at home; the opposite is also true.
Around the world, the International Labor Organization says, 250 million children who should be in school are at work instead, many in conditions of slavery in mines, factories and plantations.
And yes, I am jealous that I am stuck at work instead of parked on the couch at home.
We were thinking, "What is Qaddafi going to do, will he hide just like Saddam or will he commit a suicide?" Even when we were not at work, instead of watching a movie or something, we kept it on the news.
Before long, I'll be back at work instead of home with my baby and toddler.
Try a question like, "How are things going at work?" instead of "How's it going?" to get an open answer.
She talked about her late nights of creating websites and updating pages in her spare time, and that she would rather be doing that at work instead of as a hobby.
