j0hnb

I often get bored out of my mine at work, and i'm looking for some new creative or innovative ways to pass the time. Currently i've been jumping online and checking out this site as often as I can in attempts to keep my sanity, put that fix only works for so long. Not to mention but it seems like the man is catching on to me and my whole internet escape idea. So what do you do in your spair time at the office?

bermuDa

I read techie magazines or talk to coworkers, but there isn't much i can do to pass the time at my job. It depends on the kind of job you have, and the amount of supervision you get.

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theusername

I dont know your working situation but theres a good chance that they can track what sites your visiting on the computer.

Bill O'Rights

waddaya think I'm doin' now?

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Polyphobic

I post on several forums. Like this one. Occasionaly, read a book. Talk with coworkers. Work on any particular IS certification I am going for.

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j0hnb

I work for the state attorney, i know that they don't trace me, but I'm not sure about the boys down stairs, I think they do that... Blah, whatever. I can't read books, because they don't like that, so that option's out.

Phaenx

I talk to chicks all day. Hot co-workers, hot customers, I sell shoes at Sears.

It's jawesome.

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kurty[B]

Luckily, my supervision is rather lax, it's a call center, and as long as my attention when I'm on call is on that call they do not seem to mind whatever else I do.

So, I troll here, plan my weekends, talk to co-workers and read books in between calls.

Oh, and I've started growing some plants at my desk, so that gives me a little distraction there too.

docbungle

I work my ass off and have no free time for bs. I work 'till I'm done then I go home.

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dnd

take a bin...scrunch up lots scrap paper and play basket ball...

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Temporary_User

I have a question for you all.
What do I have to do to get your jobs?

Latch

I check out slashdot, any other site that looks work-related (unfortunately TFP isn't on that list ).

Otherwise I connect to my machine at home and set stuff up on it / clean up directories / misc stuff like that.

And I space out (from Office Space):

sailor

Surf the web, tool with a bit of code... Thats about it really. Sometimes Ill head to the company's tech library and grab something that looks interesting.

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CBlend

In my old job in Marketing I had an office at the end of a long hallway, so I could hear if anyone was coming long before they got there. I finished quite a few Game Boy games entirely at work.

Fortunately, I got a new job in the same company's IT department. I have much less free time, but love what I'm doing. When I have had some time, I have read tech books to get certifications (which looks like real work), played with code (which looks like real code for work), or just read something for fun (not on the Internet, they trace all of that big time).

Confederate

stupidvideos.com

Stare At The Sun

I prepare the my DnD campains.

World's King

I'm a bartender.


I drink.

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streak_56

listen to music, organize the supply room..... I work maintence at Ohio State University... *sigh*

Esco

Visit various forums. Snooze for a bit. Pretend I'm a sloth ... and see how slow I can move.

A three-toed sloth, not the two-toed sloth.

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rockzilla

Bored? I'm lucky if I get enough free time to scratch my balls.

choskins

Surf the net, including this site.

I work from home most of the time, so I work in my basement. I am at the drywall phase, and it is a b1tch!

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Boo

Way too busy at work. I barely get time to breathe. The money is good, but it is getting old.

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amonkie

For a while I was writing poetry, since we have tons of scrap paper around. No online surfing is allowed, or reading at your station. So either writing or talking to the people around me are my options.

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clockworkgreen

Ditto the finishing gameboy games.

SpikeQX99

Not much time to space out, but I BS with coworkers or get ready for the next job that is coming up...

Sucks, but what can you do???
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johnnymysto

This right 'cheer! Check TFP, back to work....rinse and repeat.

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j0hnb

Not fair... I wish I could pull that one off at work.

SinisterMotives

I work at home and waste enormous amounts of time on message boards. I intentionally deactivated my account on one board that was consuming a lot of my time last night by submitting a fictitious e-mail address so that I wouldn't be able to go back there.

DelayedReaction

I work in a lab on campus, so I typically surf the net and chill out in the lounge upstairs when work is low. TFP is another favorite.

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H12

I work on a boat-dock...and since I'm mainly in charge of the gasdock, most days besides the weekends go pretty slow, so I have to just sit...and sit...and sit, waiting for people. I'd get a Gameboy or something just because of this job alone, but there's a camera directly pointed to where I'm at...so I'm stuck with being bored. Damn.

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ARTelevision

I work during work time.
I think that's the best way to fill one's time.
I do other things occasionally during sensible break time.
I'm never bored.

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j0hnb

I wish I had enough work to keep me busy or at least some entertaining work to do. I'm a student and my main jobs include filing, mail, moving stuff around, and doing a run around the office. I'm mainly the office bitch, do this do that. But I still have long periods of down time, because I do everything pretty efficiently and get it out of the way quick. I can't stand doing something slow when I know I can do it in half the time.

Sugar&Spice

I work the front desk at one of the hotels at our Ski/Summer resort. We have Elderhostel programs going on all summer long and they do little lectures for them and so I watch those..answer phones, make sandwiches, wash a few dishes..dust and vaccuum. I talk to the guests and get to know where they are from and what they do for a living. Usually its the older crowd who go to these programs and they are lonely so they talk a lot.

After everyone goes to bed I surf the interent, but our computer guy has just about every site blocked. And i read A LOT!!

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bookerV

i post here for the most part when i need a break from work.

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Doog1983

my job is to sit down...all I do is read and doodle...I love my job (security guard) lol

Grondar

I don't have a PC at my job, so I take a sports magazine along and read that when it gets slow/boring.

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skier

I clean. Store gets dirty easily, and I can talk to my co-workers while doing it. Time passes a lot quicker when my hands are busy.

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nash

Sometimes I take a walk around the office building, or outside the office building. My butt gets sore after sitting for several hours straight anyway.

Also, during boring meetings or conferences where I don't have to pay attention (I'm an intern) I try to tap out seconds with my finger and see how consistent I am (I'm also trying to learn how to drum).

Spidey

www.yetisports.org

they even have a hot key for the games when the boss comes about

analog

I people-watch. Or I stare into space if there are no people to watch. I sell cellular service on commission, so sometimes there just aren't any customers there. I can look out into nothing and shut my brain off, it's great.