I think you handled this pretty well. However in future I think the best way to handle that would be to plead all ignorance. After all if you are working and doing your job, you are not timing how long A was standing at so-n-so's desk. You just have to be more on the ball these days - peers, colleagues, supervisors drag you into petty things without you realising it.
If it happens again, you can just say, sorry I didn't notice/was too busy/was on the phone/was away from my desk. It's not your job after all to check up on other people and certainly not your job to be a spy for others.
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Edited by gee4 on 29/10/03 04:16 PM.
