This newscaster's terrified reaction is all of us getting caught daydreaming at work

Newscaster, interrupted.
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Heather Dockray
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Any good employee spends at least 50 percent of the work dreaming they were somewhere else, and another 30 percent trying not to get caught doing it.

One particularly Australian newscaster wasn't so lucky. While waiting to introduce a new segment on Australia's ABC24, she got interrupted while examining her nails at her desk, something all of us have done at least once before (please don't try and deny it).

Unfortunately, this particular newscaster got caught while on live television.

Enjoy.

We're confident that this viral moment is way better than whatever she was planning to introduce next.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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