October 07, 2003
If you get to work early, like pyscho-early, nobody will be there but you and so you won't get credit for it. If you stay late, then everybody will sort of know it, but the last one to leave will go with the knowledge that you may just leave 5 minutes after they do, so you won't get credit for this either.
The trick is to have proof that you were there and that you were working. If you know that you are going to stay late, don't send any emails all day. Save them until 8:04pm when you are about to leave, then send them all at once. This will show people that you are a go-getter instead of a jerk with 23 open emails message on his desktop everyday.
This can also work in the morning, but is harder to pull off since if you stayed the night before you don't have anything to write about since everyone you work with hasn't done shit since you were last in the office. Just find any old excuse to write an email. Make sure that you include relevant details to prove that you at the office and not at home writing emails like a deuche bag:
To: Dave
From: Ralph
Date: October 7th, 5:46am
Hey Dave,
In regards to the email I sent you last night, let me reiterate whatever I said again.
Hey, there is no coffee made yet - I wonder why? Also, man was it cold this morning while I drove to work at the asshole of dawn!
Sincerely,
Ralph