You have a deadline looming week and it is going to take all the focus and time management skills to meet it. That morning your boss stops by your cubical just to say “hi” and chat. You politely stop what you are doing and listen politely meanwhile thinking of all you must do. Later that afternoon a coworker stops in at your cubical to say high and get caught up on what went on during the weekend. You can’t believe it. Don’t they know you are stressed and must get your work done? You pretend to listen but keep typing at the computer hoping they will get the hint and go away. They do and leave with hurt feelings.