Bored at Work with Little to Do - What do you do?

[Tresmo]

I'm sitting here at work, having given all my projects to our interns because they needed things to do. Everyone is out of the office but three of us (me and two interns). What do you do for entertainment in this situation? Dig up a project? Some habitual internet surfing? Work on personal projects (home budget, find a recipe for dinner, etc.)? Throw around a bouncy ball?

I've been emailing old friends, working on a project for a class I'm taking, scrounging up work to do (all of our big projects have recently been completed), writing notes to grandma, learning new software... a lot. And now I'm stuck.

So how do y'all entertain yourselves in this situation?

[JNA]

Don't you have to make a site inspection near a DQ ?
Have you remodeled your deskfront without a permit ?
Have you read the newspaper yet ? or some paper online ?
and
The RJ Classic of leaving early ?

[cch]

Shhh, don't tell... I get out some graph paper and plan out quilts that I plan on making, or I make shopping lists, or browse the web, of course.

Usually I've got things I need to work on though. Right now I'm in a bored lull, and I think I'll let it last until I duck out of here at 4:00.

[craines]

Get the blender out and start the party!!

[Coragus]

I keep private books in my case for just such non-emergencies. I can sit facing away from the door of my office, and if I hear someone come in, slip it under a notebook. Always leave a map up on the monitor when doing this, and make sure you turn off the screen saver!

[zman]

People actually have extra time at work? I mean time that isn't spent surfing the net?

[KSharpe]

Check out:
www.straightdope.com
www.snopes.com
www.chucknorrisfacts.com
www.workingfortheman.com

Those help get me through the days....

[Zoning Goddess]

Read (work-related or not...)
Surf the 'net (if it's around lunchtime)
Tell my boss it's slow and ask him to pleeeease delegate something!
Go look at development sites I've been putting off seeing
Write out grocery lists/clip coupons from the last Sunday's paper
It's getting easier now if I'm bored; I start cleaning out files I don't need to leave when I'm gone

[Rumpy Tunanator]

Jeebus crips. You people really do have a lot of time on your hands. What the hell are they paying you for and where do I sign up???


Oh yes, I understand now. How I long for the public sector.

[Richmond Jake]

Jeebus crips. You people really do have a lot of time on your hands. What the hell are they paying you for and where do I sign up???


Oh yes, I understand now. How I long for the public sector.

I know this guy that had a perfect public sector gig in Florida, great benevolent boss, good working conditions, kept the parking lot clean, just hanging around, wore sandals to work on Fridays ( ), but left the job and moved to Buffalo. What a fool.

Fog the mirror, dude.

[tsc]

Jeebus crips. You people really do have a lot of time on your hands. What the hell are they paying you for and where do I sign up???


Oh yes, I understand now. How I long for the public sector.

Don't take a job at my public sector office.... our work load is insane. I consider free time is when I actually go through my inbox, do some admin work, fill out my time sheet, woo-hoo!!

[Planning Fool]

Well, I'm definitely working in the wrong jurisdiction ....We've got to to put in a request for free time two weeks in advance!

[kjel]

I work for an evil developer. The beginning of this week was crazy busy. Friday there wasn't much to do because I was waiting on other people to complete their work so I could finish my end of the task at hand. Of course it didn't happen so I spent most of my day piddling around, went to the beach for lunch, read the paper (hey...we had an article in their about the project!), made a few phone calls, and called it a day at 4:45.

[Rickyrab]

At least you have an evil developer to work for and are getting paid by said evil developer. I'm at Bloustein here in New Brunswick and am working on a Ph.D. dissertation. (pointy-haired boss mask is now off)

[kjel]

At least you have an evil developer to work for and are getting paid by said evil developer. I'm at Bloustein here in New Brunswick and am working on a Ph.D. dissertation. (pointy-haired boss mask is now off)

Who's this person behind the mask?

[Rickyrab]

Just a Ph.D. student. No boss here. I posted here because I saw you were in the vicinity, and had Bloustein connections, so I figured, whatever. Heard of prof. Pucher? he's a good professor.

[kjel]

At least you have an evil developer to work for and are getting paid by said evil developer. I'm at Bloustein here in New Brunswick and am working on a Ph.D. dissertation. (pointy-haired boss mask is now off)

Just a Ph.D. student. No boss here. I posted here because I saw you were in the vicinity, and had Bloustein connections, so I figured, whatever. Heard of prof. Pucher? he's a good professor.

I'm a fellow Blousteiner

[donk]

If any of you want in the "how many hours of work will donk do this week pool?" let me know. The running average is around 20 hours in a 35 hour week.

what do I do to kill time, homework, internet, try to stay out of trouble. it is miserably boring.

[Rickyrab]

I'm a fellow Blousteiner

Cool! You still go to Bloustein, or did you graduate, or...?

[kjel]

Cool! You still go to Bloustein, or did you graduate, or...?

Still there.......

[imaplanner]

I have never worked anywhere where I had enough time to come close to being caught up with work much less have any free time. Public sector in my experience is ridiculously crazy workloads not tons of free time

[gicarto]

I really despise having nothing to do at work. I am trying to come up with new projects to work on.

[JNA]

Search the FAC for time waster games to play.

[luckless pedestrian]

does anyone want to run an FAR calculation for me? Our FAR is based upon the mean or the average (whichever is better for the owner) of all the lots within 300' - i am having a program created but for now we have to do it by hand - argh -

I have plenty to do that I can send cyber-aly so let me know!

if you are private sector - look billabe so you don't get laid off for being dead wood
if you are public sector - just look important, lol

[GeogPlanner]

get a new job...

i start in a few weeks