How to tell if a lecturer is seriously stressed from overwork

Some recognition tips for you. The seriously stressed academic:

• ...may be found hurrying past any students lurking in the university corridors, lest they try and develop the theme of "Hello" into a fully-fledged query.

• ...finds lectures and seminars are a delightful relaxing time of the day, a welcome break from the continuous downpour of small urgent administrative tasks.

• ...is less annoyed by the refusal of the computer to start up Powerpoint (after all, what's one more thing going wrong amongst so many?)

• ...is majorly annoyed, way out of all proportion, by the nearby car park filling up by 9:01am, necessitating a WHOLE TWO MINUTES EXTRA to walk from the further away car park.

• ...considers root canal treatment at the dentist to be a relatively pleasant way to spend an hour at the height of exam marking season.

• ...receives some emails from his or her spouse, in an attempt on the spouse's part to get some kind of contact,... any kind.

• ...will froth and explode into orbit at the suggestion that university lecturers don't work very hard really, because they have really long "holidays" in between terms.