What has been your most un-productive day at work?

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StrangeRanger

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Our phones and net connection were down a lot today. Verizon and LighShip have been in and out all day "fixing" it. I think I've done litterally nothing for like 3 hrs today! I have accomplished squat. How much time have you ever wasted away at work?
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meltdown75

meltdown75

Lifer
Nov 17, 2004
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At times, my applications are down, my work is caught up, and plus it could be a slow time of year for our business.

Days like those, all I do is post.
 
lokiju

lokiju

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May 29, 2003
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Today is pretty up there on the list, though I was in a 2 hour or so meeting that sucked.


My last job I'd go for a week at a time spending close to 6 hours a day on the interweb.

I hated that job though.

 
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chrisms

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Mar 9, 2003
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At my old job the Sundays would usually be dead, so we'd take broomsticks and go out back and play baseball with dough in the parking lot.
 
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Bootprint

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Jan 11, 2002
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When my manager wanted someone in overnight to start up the Mainframe because the power was going to be out for 6 hours.

In for 20 minutes to shutdown IBM Mainframe, 6 1/2 hours in the dark at work with no power and 30 minutes to power backup the system.
 
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trmiv

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Oct 10, 1999
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Today, yesterday, and the day before. I've done maybe 10-15 minutes work total these three days. It sucks actually.
 
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PanzerIV

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Dec 19, 2002
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Originally posted by: trmiv
Today, yesterday, and the day before. I'm done maybe 10-15 minutes work total these three days. It sucks actually.
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:D I've had days like that.
 
dainthomas

dainthomas

Lifer
Dec 7, 2004
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Originally posted by: tm37
Today was a total waste.

I would have been better off staying home.
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But then you wouldn't be getting paid for posting on the internet.
 
shilala

shilala

Lifer
Oct 5, 2004
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I once did 3-12 hour shifts waiting for a boiler to be shut down so we could change out a relief valve.
The crew was 12 guys. I was on nights and there was also a day crew that worked 12's.
When the boiler was finally shut down in the middle of our 3rd shift, it took us 3 hours to remove, replace, and run all the tests we needed to pass inspection. The tests took two hours.
So in 36 hours, I worked for one. 12 of those hours were double time.
The whole crew slept on the roof of the boilerhouse for most of the job.
I have no idea what the bill was, but we were told that the downtime cost the company well over a million an hour. Anything they paid us for immediate response was well worth it.
 
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Maverick

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Jun 14, 2000
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the whole day...or at least half of it. I think I worked a total of 15 minutes today.
 
DainBramaged

DainBramaged

Lifer
Jun 19, 2003
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This time at Papa Johns when the phones weren't working. We sat around and did nothing but watch the Pizza Hut guys drive by all the time. :(
 
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astralusion

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Nov 19, 2004
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all day...like today...except i took a three hour lunch break...so while i still wasn't doing anything, i wasn't on the internet at least
 
Ryan

Ryan

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Oct 31, 2000
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Originally posted by: DainBramaged
This time at Papa Johns when the phones weren't working. We sat around and did nothing but watch the Pizza Hut guys drive by all the time. :(
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my day yesterady - power and phones were out after the Hurricane - just sat around and waited to see if they were ever going to get hooked back up.
 
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