work sucks!

[~*TiGeRs f@N*~]

I have nothing to do today.. I'm sitting in an office doing dick squat! we're supposed to be here to do evaulations.Well we did them yesterday, and they only tookmaybe an hour. So why do I have to work 2 days??? I have no freaken clue! I also wrote my co-ordinators final report for him yesterday. :hmm: I read what he did and was embarrassed for him and redid it. THEN after all that (redoing it so he's no in trouble) he comes in all miserable today. :hmm:


Today is going to be a long day! :sigh:

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Originally posted by ~*TiGeRs f@N*~
I'm sitting in an office doing dick squat!

:eek: You could get fired for doing that down here in Texas! ;)

Patience, Tigress ... Look at it this way, you probably only have another 40-odd years of work left to do, meaning you have about a thousand more days like today yet to go ... Figuring out what to do during those "hurry up and wait" times at work is a hurdle we must all get past eventually.

[~*TiGeRs f@N*~]

you're right Willie, just that when the boss comes in I have to pretend like I am busy doing something... what am I gonna do?

[GaryMrMets]

Originally posted by ~*TiGeRs f@N*~
I'm sitting in an office doing dick squat!

Is that in addition to you also squeezing men's :moon: :umm

[~*TiGeRs f@N*~]

no one is ever gonna forget that are they?

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Originally posted by ~*TiGeRs f@N*~
you're right Willie, just that when the boss comes in I have to pretend like I am busy doing something... what am I gonna do?


Ah, the old "looking busy when the boss comes in even though there's really nothing to be busy with" syndrome, one of life's most perplexing conundrums ... Each boss humanoid is unique, as are work settings and environments ... It can make a difference if you're talking Dilbert cubicles, a manufacturing floor, or a full-blown corner office with a great view and a secretary that is experienced in the world of, uh, er, doing dick squat ;)

I feel an Uncle Willie Storytime coming on, all you kids pull up a pillow on the floor and gather 'round ... Obri, keep your hands on your pillow.

Had one boss a long time ago, I'm talking about 1979 if my brain is working properly today, who was a "good ol' boy" type ... He hollered even when he was just talking normal, short little Groucho Marx lookin' dude, replete with the fat stogie ... He would come through our logisitics department each morning during what was the normal morning break time, 9 o'clock ... My first week in that department they tell me we're supposed to take a break at 9 ... Now I'm coming into the office from our field ops, we worked 24-hour call and took breaks when the opportunity presented itself ... So it's tough for me to get used to some of the office routines, but 9:00 a.m. comes and I top off my coffee cup, fire up a ciggy, lean back with my feet on the desk and proceed to devour a newspaper ... I really didn't pay attention to the others who were still "looking busy" I guess. :notme:

The big boss comes in ... His name was BJ Patin, only the BJ part is pronounced like it's spelled ... He's from Louisiana originally, been working in Houston for about a year at that time I believe ... Like me, he came in from field operations ... I knew him from the field, knew his reputation for being a hard@ss about everyone humping it on the job (not to be confused with "dick squat") and how he hated anything that went wrong ... I hear him when he enters the room since he's so loud, but I kept reading my paper ... Co-worker comes by and says, "Man, that's the big boss, Mr. Patin, you better look busy!"

About that time he walks by looks at me and smiles ... I standup, shake his hand and say, "Howdy BJ, good to see a familiar face."

Everyone else is standing around with their mouths so wide open you'd think they were trying to suntan their tonsils ... He laughs and we shoot the breeze for a half-minute or so, talk about a few common acquaintances from the field, then turns around to everyone else in the room and says, "From now on when I come through here at break time, I don't want to see Willie B the only one sittin' on his ass. Be busy when you're supposed to, not just when I walk through here."

Busy Work
1) Read any and all company literature that you can. Includes anything industry related.
2) Write/type letters to your friends. Snail mail may be old-fashioned, but it's still cool to send and receiev.
3) Organize your files, if any.
4) If you have an office, cubicle or desk, make sure it's the cleanest and most organized in the company. It will get you noticed.
5) If you have a company newsletter, write a story for them.
6) Isometric exercises.
7) Post at Addicts. :cool:

[~*TiGeRs f@N*~]

Willie, I been posting at addicts all day long! and chattin on icq...


ha ha newest on Matt.... REJECTED!