workday morning mundane tasks

[rh71]

So what do you guys have to do everyday that's completely mindless? For me - I have to check the logs (sent via email) to ensure someone else's server didn't throw up in doing my scheduled tasks. What are some of yours?

 

[SandEagle]

reading mundane threads about mundane tasks

 

[Wyndru]

Changing tapes & checking logs (morning), releasing emails &resetting passwords(all day).

Other than that my job keeps me pretty alert and happy.

 

[nageov3t]

checking free space on our various virtual tape libraries.

we get alerts when they reach certain percentages, but I still never feel comfortable unless I've actually looked at them myself.

 

[trmiv]

I'm a sys admin. 90% of my job is mundane tasks.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Dragging my boss out of his car, cleaning up the vomit, removing the needles from his arms, giving the whore some cab money (from the petty cash drawer), propping him up on his chair, giving him some coffee and Red Bull, calling his wife and telling her how I found him as I left him last night (meaning, he was working overnight).

Then at noon, I get to talk him out of throwing himself off the 50th floor.

By 3pm, I am picking up his "medicine" for the evening. And, finding a new friend for the night on Backpages.com.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Dragging my boss out of his car, cleaning up the vomit, removing the needles from his arms, giving the whore some cab money (from the petty cash drawer), propping him up on his chair, giving him some coffee and Red Bull, calling his wife and telling her how I found him as I left him last night (meaning, he was working overnight).

Then at noon, I get to talk him out of throwing himself off the 50th floor.

By 3pm, I am picking up his "medicine" for the evening. And, finding a new friend for the night on Backpages.com.

So, you're his bitch?

 

[Wyndru]

So, you're his bitch?

The PC term is secretary (or fluffer)

 

[RearAdmiral]

Making sure my fire extinguisher is filled up for production this week.

 

[Macamus Prime]

So, you're his bitch?

Just as much as that situation I described is true.

 

[SandEagle]

Dragging my boss out of his car, cleaning up the vomit, removing the needles from his arms, giving the whore some cab money (from the petty cash drawer), propping him up on his chair, giving him some coffee and Red Bull, calling his wife and telling her how I found him as I left him last night (meaning, he was working overnight).

Then at noon, I get to talk him out of throwing himself off the 50th floor.

By 3pm, I am picking up his "medicine" for the evening. And, finding a new friend for the night on Backpages.com.

Macamus McDoof, you are one of the worst and best posters here. i like/hate you. :thumbsup: :thumbsdown:

 

[mmntech]

My entire job. Get to work, punch open the store, grab keys from the safe, check reservations, check in cars that returned overnight, start cleaning them. I can do my job on autopilot until at least 10am.

 

[Fritzo]

I have to blog, so I spend an hour reading boring industry reports and trends.

Truthfully I get a lot of my material from ATOT I'm scoring 13K readers a month, so you guys put out good stuff!

 

[BurnItDwn]

fill out TPS reports (with the new cover sheet)

 

[Stuxnet]

Since I'm only allowed to work on new development / design projects, I don't have a lot of ritualistic crap to do. However, I have to report my time, the status of projects, and the time of my direct reports no fewer than THREE TIMES, in THREE FORMATS. It only sucks up about 45 minutes from my entire week, but it's stupid nonetheless.