You Seem Busy

You Seem Busy is a functional notebook (a Phantom Book) with a ridiculous fake self-help book cover. It looks like You Seem Busy: I’ll Just Figure It Out Myself — Timidity as a Career-Limiting Strategy by someone who left the meeting before understanding the assignment. Inside are lined pages you can actually write in.

Leave it conspicuously on your desk or carry it into a meeting. When someone picks it up they briefly wonder what kind of person owns this book. Then they notice the lined pages. Then they want one.

Best for:

• Funny coworker gifts, new job gifts, introvert gifts, office gag gifts, White Elephant, and Secret Santa
• People pleasers, anxious employees, junior coworkers, chronic overthinkers, and quiet coworkers

What’s inside: A real notebook for meeting notes, questions you should probably ask, instructions you’re currently pretending to understand, or the detailed action plan you created instead of bothering someone who seemed busy. The cover is the joke. The pages are yours.

Specs: 6" × 9", 200 lined pages.

FAQ

• Is this a real book? No. It’s a notebook with a fake book cover.
• Can I actually write in it? Yes. Lined pages, usable like any notebook or planner.
• What size is it? 6" × 9".
• Who is it for? Employees who avoid asking questions and need a functional notebook for reverse-engineering assignments.