Please give some ideas - I ve been so utterly bored recently – I can hardly keep myself awake in front of the monitor… Been lagged into permie’s tempo of work and feeling like the time has stopped…
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join tpdOriginally posted by 2uk View PostPlease give some ideas - I ve been so utterly bored recently – I can hardly keep myself awake in front of the monitor… Been lagged into permie’s tempo of work and feeling like the time has stopped… -
read the joke thread.Originally posted by 2uk View PostPlease give some ideas - I ve been so utterly bored recently – I can hardly keep myself awake in front of the monitor… Been lagged into permie’s tempo of work and feeling like the time has stopped…
find a forum for the cuk holiday.Comment
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We work in a Hall , too many eyes around... they will start questioning why are they paying me... Can only post from my PDA , thats kinda slow..Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postjoin tpdComment
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print out pages from newspaper. from notepad. evryone else will think it is work...Originally posted by 2uk View PostWe work in a Hall , too many eyes around... they will start questioning why are they paying me... Can only post from my PDA , thats kinda slow..Comment
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- Get a new gig.
- Tell Da Management you're bored and will leave unless they give you something hard and challenging to do.
- Start an affair with a colleague.
- See how much self abuse you can get away with in the loo before someone says something.
- Write articles for the trade press for fame and glory.
- Write articles for the "Take a Break" and "Chat" type magazines for money.
- See if you can find another gig that you can fulfil on-line and do from your desk while charging CurrentClientCo.
- Read The Register - it looks like research.
- Install that text browser (Lynx, isn't it?) and read whatever you want online!
- Search for "Things to do when bored" in Google and follow the links (some are utter genius).
- Print off huge .PDFs at work to take home. Start with the PCG Guide to Freelancing as practice. (My record is 1200 pages in a day in an open plan office!)
- Read a text copy of The Jargon File (hey, you're bored, you find it).
- Research the Gutenburg Project and find some books to read.
- See how many trashy paperbacks you can read in a week while sat on the loo.
- Become the tea & coffee monitor. Enjoy the kitchen.
- Become the stationery monitor. Enjoy the POWER.
Oh daffodils. I'm far too good at this.Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
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If anyone is able to attend this online forum on thursday afternoon and inundate my useless train company with 'interesting' questions, I'd be ever so grateful.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Postfind a forum for the cuk holiday.
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk...?iCmsPageId=78
Rhubarb.Comment
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My Italian colleague said that Italians don't drink coffee in the morning, as it would wake them up for work.
Stop drinking coffee.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMy Italian colleague said that Italians don't drink coffee in the morning, as it would wake them up for work.
Stop drinking coffee.
Why don't civil servants look out of the window in the morning?
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They'd have nothing to do in the afternoon!
Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard pointsComment
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Make friends with Wilmslow.... he whinges a lot tooOriginally posted by 2uk View PostPlease give some ideas - I ve been so utterly bored recently – I can hardly keep myself awake in front of the monitor… Been lagged into permie’s tempo of work and feeling like the time has stopped…
Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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