What do you do when you are bored at work?

Samurai Jane · 01-25-2007, 06:09 PM

OK, so I have been at this job for about 4 months now and since I'm a new engineer, they aren't really giving me a whole lot of stuff to do right now. As a result, I sit around staring at the screen all day, bored to tears.

We are behind a firewall, so I can't play games and majority of all the good sites are blocked. There are only so many times you can read the same threads over and over and the same news over and over. What do you do to cure the boredom blues?? Please help me as I am slowly going insane at what was supposed to be my dream job!

Sunshine · 01-25-2007, 06:13 PM

I start random threads on message boards

Go to WalMart and buy a couple of those little hand held games. Or do they frown on that at work? Can you read at work?

Samurai Jane · 01-25-2007, 06:15 PM

sure.. I can read company documents..

DarkReign · 01-25-2007, 06:23 PM

The ultimate time-passer

Sunshine · 01-25-2007, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Samurai Jane

sure.. I can read company documents..

But no Dean Koontz novels or anything?

Samurai Jane · 01-25-2007, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Sunshine

But no Dean Koontz novels or anything?

That's kind of frowned upon here. Maybe I can open up one of my texts and look like I'm doing research.

Samurai Jane · 01-25-2007, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by DarkReign

The ultimate time-passer

Oh believe me, this site has been a god-send so far, but as I said, I can only read the same threads so many times. You guys just aren't keeping me entertained as much as I like!

ZStomp · 01-25-2007, 06:27 PM

Pull people over.

E20 · 01-25-2007, 06:38 PM

Blow spit bubbles and name potential shop lifters coming into the store.

NorCal510 · 01-25-2007, 06:41 PM

make new screen names and act black

baseline bum · 01-25-2007, 06:51 PM

My job's been really laid back lately too, so I brought in a copy of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming. That should keep me busy for a good 10 years or so.

Bob Lanier · 01-25-2007, 06:52 PM

Drink alcohol, have sex, and browse the internets.

Melmart1 · 01-25-2007, 07:27 PM

I have a friend who would purposely put items on the floor near his desk where people passing by could clearly see them, then sit back and be entertained by their reaction. Some items he used: condoms, half-eaten bagles, rubber gloves, dollar bills, one of his shoes, etc. Always funny to see who tries to return an item (is this your condom on the floor?) and who will try to hide the shock on their face and quickly leave.

Not sure how this would go over at work (especially since you are new), but it's a thought!

Samurai Jane · 01-25-2007, 07:33 PM

Hmmm... I work with a bunch of engineers that probably haven't seen any action in a long time. I'm wondering if they would recognize a condom when they saw it.

At least next week I get 3 days out of my cube for some training.

Oh and did I mention that the guy that sits in the cube next to me is a gas machine??? I just got a audio reminder of that.

Maybe I need to move back to SA.

tlongII · 01-25-2007, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by ZStomp

Pull people over.

I knew it!

midgetonadonkey · 01-25-2007, 07:52 PM

I go to thye restroom and slap the meat around.

Mark in Austin · 01-25-2007, 07:58 PM

What type of engineering is it? We're always on the lookout for good civil engineers, techs and drafters.

...and we have a firmly established no gas policy.

Viva Las Espuelas · 01-25-2007, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Samurai Jane

You guys just aren't keeping me entertained as much as I like!

Yeah, I was a little bored today. The same threads, as usual, were being regurgitated in the Spurs forum and The Club was worried about Coldplay and racists. I had to do something and I posted that stupid queer therapy story, but nobody bit on that. I tried. Let's do better tomorrow guys!!!

ZStomp · 01-25-2007, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by tlongII

I knew it!

Shelly · 01-25-2007, 09:42 PM

Go here and diss on your favorite tv show

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/

SequSpur · 01-25-2007, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by midgetonadonkey

I go to thye restroom and slap the meat around.

Guru of Nothing · 01-25-2007, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Samurai Jane

OK, so I have been at this job for about 4 months now and since I'm a new engineer, they aren't really giving me a whole lot of stuff to do right now. As a result, I sit around staring at the screen all day, bored to tears.

We are behind a firewall, so I can't play games and majority of all the good sites are blocked. There are only so many times you can read the same threads over and over and the same news over and over. What do you do to cure the boredom blues?? Please help me as I am slowly going insane at what was supposed to be my dream job!

I read technical manuals when I get bored at work.

Can you develop an ancillary skill? Ancillary skills become survival skills.

Does your work include drudgery? Find a way to automate or simplify the drudgery so that you can fry bigger fish. You will thank yourself in the long run. I work in IT, so automating and simpliifying is part of the job description. It may not apply to your situation.

Vinnie_Johnson · 01-25-2007, 10:08 PM

The average american worker screws around on the job what is= to 18 weeks a year. I don't have the link but I am well over 22 weeks at my pace.

Vinnie_Johnson · 01-25-2007, 10:16 PM

This one says 13 weeks that is 2.hrs a day seems low. I blow at least 4 to 5.

TDMVPDPOY · 01-25-2007, 11:23 PM

busts a nutt

Please_dont_ban_me · 01-25-2007, 11:52 PM

www.boredatwork.com ?

01-25-2007, 06:09 PM	#1
Samurai Jane Spurs Fan in AZ Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5250 Post Count: 3,783	What do you do when you are bored at work? OK, so I have been at this job for about 4 months now and since I'm a new engineer, they aren't really giving me a whole lot of stuff to do right now. As a result, I sit around staring at the screen all day, bored to tears. We are behind a firewall, so I can't play games and majority of all the good sites are blocked. There are only so many times you can read the same threads over and over and the same news over and over. What do you do to cure the boredom blues?? Please help me as I am slowly going insane at what was supposed to be my dream job! _____________________________ Those things in life that we find the hardest to do, are the things we are the most thankful we did.

01-25-2007, 06:13 PM	#2
Sunshine Sara The Great Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5100 Post Count: 4,920	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? I start random threads on message boards Go to WalMart and buy a couple of those little hand held games. Or do they frown on that at work? Can you read at work?

01-25-2007, 06:15 PM	#3
Samurai Jane Spurs Fan in AZ Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5250 Post Count: 3,783	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? sure.. I can read company documents..

01-25-2007, 06:23 PM	#4
DarkReign Live by what you Speak. Team: Detroit Pistons SpursTalk Cash: $40074 Post Count: 8,605 Check out my tunes, son	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? The ultimate time-passer _____________________________ Code: "Has all the explosiveness of a wet fire-cracker lit by the dim spark of low ambition."

01-25-2007, 06:23 PM	#5
Sunshine Sara The Great Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5100 Post Count: 4,920	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by Samurai Jane sure.. I can read company documents.. But no Dean Koontz novels or anything?

01-25-2007, 06:25 PM	#6
Samurai Jane Spurs Fan in AZ Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5250 Post Count: 3,783	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by Sunshine But no Dean Koontz novels or anything? That's kind of frowned upon here. Maybe I can open up one of my texts and look like I'm doing research.

01-25-2007, 06:26 PM	#7
Samurai Jane Spurs Fan in AZ Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5250 Post Count: 3,783	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by DarkReign The ultimate time-passer Oh believe me, this site has been a god-send so far, but as I said, I can only read the same threads so many times. You guys just aren't keeping me entertained as much as I like!

01-25-2007, 06:27 PM	#8
ZStomp Give Peace a Chance....Imagine? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $4800 Post Count: 6,654	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Pull people over.

01-25-2007, 06:38 PM	#9
E20 2:255 Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $6150 Post Count: 14,869	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Blow spit bubbles and name potential shop lifters coming into the store.

01-25-2007, 06:41 PM	#10
NorCal510 No More Pink Team: Golden State Warriors SpursTalk Cash: $5100 Post Count: 6,329	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? make new screen names and act black _____________________________

01-25-2007, 06:51 PM	#11
baseline bum GTFO Jefferson Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $38847 Post Count: 19,263 Check out my tunes, son	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? My job's been really laid back lately too, so I brought in a copy of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming. That should keep me busy for a good 10 years or so. _____________________________

01-25-2007, 06:52 PM	#12
Bob Lanier BALL Team: Detroit Pistons SpursTalk Cash: $21200 Post Count: 5,149	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Drink alcohol, have sex, and browse the internets.

01-25-2007, 07:33 PM	#14
Samurai Jane Spurs Fan in AZ Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5250 Post Count: 3,783	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Hmmm... I work with a bunch of engineers that probably haven't seen any action in a long time. I'm wondering if they would recognize a condom when they saw it. At least next week I get 3 days out of my cube for some training. Oh and did I mention that the guy that sits in the cube next to me is a gas machine??? I just got a audio reminder of that. Maybe I need to move back to SA.

01-25-2007, 07:42 PM	#15
tlongII I ♥ Oden Team: Portland Trailblazers SpursTalk Cash: $53125 Post Count: 18,894	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by ZStomp Pull people over. I knew it! _____________________________

01-25-2007, 07:52 PM	#16
midgetonadonkey Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $3888 Post Count: 23,742	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? I go to thye restroom and slap the meat around. _____________________________ The post that changed my life. http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...ostcount=37220

01-25-2007, 07:58 PM	#17
Mark in Austin Not MIA Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $15100 Post Count: 2,650	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? What type of engineering is it? We're always on the lookout for good civil engineers, techs and drafters. ...and we have a firmly established no gas policy.

01-25-2007, 09:19 PM	#18
Viva Las Espuelas What be the haps? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $39020 Post Count: 10,833 Check out my tunes, son	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by Samurai Jane You guys just aren't keeping me entertained as much as I like! Yeah, I was a little bored today. The same threads, as usual, were being regurgitated in the Spurs forum and The Club was worried about Coldplay and racists. I had to do something and I posted that stupid queer therapy story, but nobody bit on that. I tried. Let's do better tomorrow guys!!!

01-25-2007, 09:29 PM	#19
ZStomp Give Peace a Chance....Imagine? Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $4800 Post Count: 6,654	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by tlongII I knew it!

01-25-2007, 09:42 PM	#20
Shelly needs a margarita Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $28650 Post Count: 13,529 Check out my tunes, son	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Go here and diss on your favorite tv show http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/

01-25-2007, 09:42 PM	#21
SequSpur SJAX!!!! Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $28164 Post Count: 19,413	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by midgetonadonkey I go to thye restroom and slap the meat around.

01-25-2007, 09:48 PM	#22
Guru of Nothing Fantasy Football Guru Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $6150 Post Count: 7,199	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? Originally Posted by Samurai Jane OK, so I have been at this job for about 4 months now and since I'm a new engineer, they aren't really giving me a whole lot of stuff to do right now. As a result, I sit around staring at the screen all day, bored to tears. We are behind a firewall, so I can't play games and majority of all the good sites are blocked. There are only so many times you can read the same threads over and over and the same news over and over. What do you do to cure the boredom blues?? Please help me as I am slowly going insane at what was supposed to be my dream job! I read technical manuals when I get bored at work. Can you develop an ancillary skill? Ancillary skills become survival skills. Does your work include drudgery? Find a way to automate or simplify the drudgery so that you can fry bigger fish. You will thank yourself in the long run. I work in IT, so automating and simpliifying is part of the job description. It may not apply to your situation.

01-25-2007, 10:08 PM	#23
Vinnie_Johnson Ragecycling.com Team: Detroit Pistons SpursTalk Cash: $36723 Post Count: 12,591	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? The average american worker screws around on the job what is= to 18 weeks a year. I don't have the link but I am well over 22 weeks at my pace. _____________________________

01-25-2007, 10:16 PM	#24
Vinnie_Johnson Ragecycling.com Team: Detroit Pistons SpursTalk Cash: $36723 Post Count: 12,591	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? This one says 13 weeks that is 2.hrs a day seems low. I blow at least 4 to 5.

01-25-2007, 11:23 PM	#25
TDMVPDPOY Spur-taaaa Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $151450 Post Count: 14,016	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? busts a nutt _____________________________ Je N'ai Pas Changé

01-25-2007, 11:52 PM	#26
Please_dont_ban_me Team: San Antonio Spurs SpursTalk Cash: $5950 Post Count: 3,946	Re: What do you do when you are bored at work? www.boredatwork.com ?

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