You Know It's Not Your Day When . . .

1. You announce the day of your company picnic and get a barrage of volunteers for floor time that day.

2.You get to your office and find eight frantic messages from your attorney---the one you've taken to calling Mr. Spock because of his normally cool demeanor.

3. You learn that the phone company is changing your area code---and you've just spent $5,000 on new signs, business cards, and letterhead.

4.You invite a consultant to your office to discuss improving your company's name recognition, but she mistakenly shows up on your competitor's doorstep.

5. You see people snickering at you all day, but it's not until you get home that you notice your shirt is tucked into your underwear, which shows above your pants.

6. You casually mention to some buyers where the seller is moving before you notice the seller's name---Salman Rushdie---on the MLS sheet.

7. You learn that your top producer has become a regular golf partner of your closest competitor.

8. You realize in the middle of a private phone call that your intercom button is on.

9. You launch your big 800-number ad campaign, and the next day your receptionist walks.

10.You have a lunch date with your mother, but she calls to say she has a better offer.

11. You let a salesperson take some buyers out in your new car and later hear some salespeople joking about the buyers' obsession with bringing their St. Bernard everywhere.

12. You plan a recruiting night at a community college to affiliate salespeople for your new-homes division but arrive to find you've been double-booked with the Citizens Against New Growth in Our Community.

13. The IRS sends you a friendly letter---announcing you're being audited.

14.Your company's computer system crashes, and your salespeople don't even notice.

15. One of your former salespeople shows up at your office wearing a postal uniform.