Productivity VIP – Mini Story - Effortless English

So was Ray spinning his wheels at work?Yes, he was. He was spinning his wheels at work. He looked like he was working, buthe never got much finished. He never did very much, in fact. He played on the Internet alot. He worked slowly, inefficiently. He was not productive.So who was spinning his wheels at work every day?Ray was spinning his wheels at work every day. Ray was appearing to do a lot of work,but not really doing very much, not accomplishing very much.Was his boss spinning his wheels every day a work?No, no, no. His boss, in fact, was very productive. He actually worked hard and he got alot of results.Did Ray get a lot of results at work?No, he did not. He did not get results. He was spinning his wheels. He looked like hewas working a lot, but, in fact, he wasn’t doing very much.So what was Ray doing at work every day?Spinning his wheels.And how was his productivity?It sucked. It was bad, very bad. It sucked. It sucked, because he was just spinning hiswheels every day; appearing busy, but not really getting results, not really doing much.So what did his boss finally say to him?He said “Shape up or you’re out of here.”Another way to say that, another slang phrase, is “shape up or ship out.” Now to “shapeup” means to improve a lot. It means to improve. So if you say it to someone at work,you say, you need to shape up, it means you need to improve your work, improve thequality of your work.You say it to someone who’s, let’s say, overweight, they’re fat. You say you need toshape up. It means they need to exercise more and try harder and work harder.www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com