A very chilled out day at work today

[Toiletduck]

Does anyone find that having nothing to do at work is more tiring than having lots of work? it seems to stretch the day out and I find myself fatigued more quickly...

I shall catch up on my reading on styleforum..heheh

 

[kronik]

I've been going through precisely the same thing for the past month.

My primary project came to an end and .. they essentially wanted me to assist with manual labor as a temporary assignment until I was ready to move on (which would be in August). Uh.. no. I have since started a job search.

 

[acidboy]

Yeah, been having a business slump for the past week. Someone should bring in a live chat.

 

[fortune]

every day is chill at work >.> we're remodeling the mens restroom at my store(nordstrom in downtown portland) and so my job is to basically sit up stairs on the 4th floor which is generally employees only, wait for customers or persons who have to use the restroom, show them down the hall, point to it, and stand at this corner about 15-20 feet from it and make sure they don't go anywhere they're not suposed to be. i make 9.65/hr doing so. hah. my weekdays are slow as hell so I'm generally just sitting there on my sidekick. i see like 5 people per hour.

 

[lakewolf]

I have been doing teleworking the last 4 years.

Since April I moved to Zürich and now work at the office... and hell yeah, there are many dead hours... that I have to spend at the office...

when I was doing teleworking and there was no work to do I simple did other things, went out for a walk, etc etc...

Now I have to stay at the office.. and it is indeed very tedious

 

[migo]

Originally Posted by ashtnn

every day is chill at work >.> we're remodeling the mens restroom at my store(nordstrom in downtown portland) and so my job is to basically sit up stairs on the 4th floor which is generally employees only, wait for customers or persons who have to use the restroom, show them down the hall, point to it, and stand at this corner about 15-20 feet from it and make sure they don't go anywhere they're not suposed to be. i make 9.65/hr doing so. hah. my weekdays are slow as hell so I'm generally just sitting there on my sidekick. i see like 5 people per hour.


Same idea here...except I sit at the law school computer help desk and wait for people to show up with problems. Although, I only see about 5 people during the 5 hours I work. I do have my computer, but that can get pretty tiresome...I read through SF a lot...and I agree with the OP...it def draws the day out longer and I am pretty tired when I get home in the evening.

 

[fortune]

yeah but for me it's nice because since I'm still in hs, it's part time. i work saturday(every other)9 to 5, sunday 10 to 7, and tuesday/thursday 5 to 9. last week i made 350 bucks, 250 from work and 100 from house sitting. that was a good week. though i have to wait till the 5th to get my paycheck >.>

 

[odoreater]

Become a lawyer, then you have to account for every minute of your day.

 

[DocHolliday]

Working's fine for killing time, but it's a shaky way to make a living.

 

[JetBlast]

Oh yes, I feel your pain. We only have a few flights a day at Dulles, and when one of our airplanes is not here, there's nothing to do but either lay on the couch and watch CNN or sit in your cubicle and surf the web.
I'll go out for a bite to eat and that's about it.

JB

 

[Ivan Kipling]

Does anyone find that having nothing to do at work is more tiring than having lots of work? it seems to stretch the day out and I find myself fatigued more quickly...

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At my age, I can't tell the difference. When I was young, I liked to keep busy.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

work here was chill for about 4 years and i racked up some posts here and there
now its hectic and i feel all used up by days end and my post count has suffered

 

[rdawson808]

My Friday last week was almost intolerable. For a while I thought I was the only one in the office (others taking their flex-day or on vacation). But then a more senior colleague came by and we talked about a new project so that gave me something to do. For 20 minutes at least.

Usually I look up and it's 3:30 or so. Friday I looked up and it was 1:15. Yikes.

Hopefully this week will be better.

b

 

[DunderMifflin]

^^^ Your telling me! Last week was hell. I felt like I was the last one to leave the office every day! Next week is looking better though, thank god!

 

[shellshock]

this morning.... 3.5 hours seemed like an eternity. no customers in sight, no projects to work on, nothing to clean or organize. i was walking around as slowly as possible trying to kill time.