The fact that almost 40% of respondents would rather take on more work than sit by a manager suggests that this isn't about wanting distance from the boss so they can goof off.

近40%的受访者宁可增加工作量也不愿意坐在老板边上，这并不说明他们希望躲得离老板远点，可以偷偷懒。

youdao

At my school, a lot of people goof around about music and don't care about it, but this place actually has people who really care.

在我的学校里，很多人提到音乐就只会耍宝搞笑，根本不把它当一回事，但这里的人真的很看重音乐。

youdao

Write a little note saying something like, "I kinda forgot about your birthday and feel like a big goof, but hey, this present more than makes up for it, am I right?"

附一张纸条，可以这样说，“我忘了你的生日，感觉像个呆瓜，但是，嘿，这件礼物足以弥补，对吗？”

youdao

And it does so in a dumbed-down Esperanto that its audience can't fail to understand -- the universal language of commercial TV sitcoms, with their constrained cultural vocabulary and their subtext of harmlessness: Don't be offended, none of this really means anything, it's just a goof about a lot of dumb stuff going down around us.

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Sorry about the goof.

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When I talk to business managers and others about the book, people ask about whether employees will goof off when you give them space to be creative.

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