What do you do at work when bored, besides nef?

[rcpratt]

I just spent two hours modifying the VBA code on a rarely-used spreadsheet just so it executes in about a quarter second instead of five seconds.

Now I'm testing to make sure I didn't break the functionality while implementing this useless change.

Usually I'm not this bored, though.

 

[Kirby]

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[Pardus]

I sit at my desk pretending to do work, when i'm not. I would say in an acutal week, I do about 15-minutes of real work.

 

[LookBehindYou]

I sit at my desk pretending to do work, when i'm not. I would say in an acutal week, I do about 15-minutes of real work.

This. I am incredibly unsatisfied with my current job...

 

[Texashiker]

Glance at the sexy looking women going into the store across the street.

 

[AMDZen]

I sit at my desk pretending to do work, when i'm not. I would say in an acutal week, I do about 15-minutes of real work.

Same.

Except I do about 30 minutes of actual work a day. Seriously

 

[zinfamous]

Glance at the sexy looking women going into the store across the street.

so, basically, the same as nkgreen?

:hmm:

 

[blackdogdeek]

if i'm not neffing then i'm lurking and waiting for an opportunity to nef.

 

[highland145]

Read.

And track down answers to all the random questions that enter my brain during the day.

 

[Krynj]

Do the rounds to all the blogs I read. Facebook and IGN on my phone since they're blocked at work. Keep up with the ton of work emails that flood my inbox. Go to Wikipedia and research stupid, menial shit, and then follow link after link after link and then end up on something completely different than where I started.

 

[Texashiker]

This.

Go to Wikipedia and research stupid, menial shit, and then follow link after link after link and then end up on something completely different than where I started.

Wikipedia is a great way to waste some time. I will usually start out with something history related, and go from there. I might start out with roman history, and end up on a totally different topic.

 

[BoomerD]

If you're bored...find other work to do...There's always "busy work" that needs doing, whether you want to do it or not.

 

[highland145]

If you're bored...find other work to do...There's always "busy work" that needs doing, whether you want to do it or not.

Piss off, Boomer. I'm the boss.

J/K on the 1st.

 

[BoomerD]

Piss off, Boomer. I'm the boss.

J/K on the 1st.

Fuck...if you're the boss...go golfing...let the peons do the damned work...

 

[highland145]

Fuck...if you're the boss...go golfing...let the peons do the damned work...

I'm the only full time employee, too.

 

[BoomerD]

I'm the only full time employee, too.

That sucks...as the employee...you know the boss is an asshole...and if you call in sick...you know you're lying! :biggrin:

Stop neffing and get to work...you fucking slacker!

 

[highland145]

That sucks...as the employee...you know the boss is an asshole...and if you call in sick...you know you're lying! :biggrin:

Stop neffing and get to work...you fucking slacker!

Truth, right there. But I'm not complaining. I've got it way better that a lot of folks.

 

[SagaLore]

I just spent two hours modifying the VBA code on a rarely-used spreadsheet just so it executes in about a quarter second instead of five seconds.

Now I'm testing to make sure I didn't break the functionality while implementing this useless change.

Usually I'm not this bored, though.

That's not useless. Those 7200 seconds you just spent will break even after 1,440 uses of the spreadsheet, so if it was used about once a week, that's about... 28 years.

When I'm bored, I catch up on pending projects and just work through my boredom. Then I find something more exciting and productive to do.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I play scrabble on my phone with other people who are bored at work.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Bored at work? I usually work ...

 

[mmntech]

Loaded question.

I read, a lot. Most of our business happens first thing in the morning, at noon, and just before close. Lots of downtime in between. I've chewed through Clive Cussler's Isaac Bell trilogy, a couple Steven Kings, and a few books left by my predecessor in the past few months. They pay me peanuts so I'm quite content doing nothing for most of the day. :sneaky:

It's too bad we don't have internet access. The place next door got wise to us and locked their WiFi.

 

[rcpratt]

That's not useless. Those 7200 seconds you just spent will break even after 1,440 uses of the spreadsheet, so if it was used about once a week, that's about... 28 years.

When I'm bored, I catch up on pending projects and just work through my boredom. Then I find something more exciting and productive to do.

Once a week would be incredibly optimistic, sadly.

That's okay, it was mostly just so I could teach myself some new things, instead of brute forcing my way through things with if statements and loops.

 

[chelhxi]

I calculate when I can retire.

 

[ShawnD1]

I just spent two hours modifying the VBA code on a rarely-used spreadsheet just so it executes in about a quarter second instead of five seconds.

Now I'm testing to make sure I didn't break the functionality while implementing this useless change.

Usually I'm not this bored, though.

I wrote a bunch of autocad shortcuts that automate shit. Typing "shawn" will zoom out, save, and close a drawing file

Another thing I did when bored was change a bunch of files so they use block references everywhere, even for little mundane things like wire labels. My 300kb drawing file is now down to 200kb. Score.

 

[Kaervak]

Usually sit around in the squad and wait for the next call to come in/drive around. A couple weeks ago we were posted for so long that we played a full 18 holes of putt-putt. Hooray for private EMS.