Bored at work

bloopbloob · #1 02-05-2019, 01:50 PM

I have a job where I have an office, but like to get out in the yard or on the floor for about half the day usually. Not when it's -43 though! What do you guys do when it's -40, & don't want to leave the office. I'm losing my mind in boredom.... Can only search the news and this site so much....

bobtodrick · #2 02-05-2019, 02:00 PM

A flask with scotch.

Trochu · #3 02-05-2019, 02:01 PM

Sometimes, I'll actually work......

WhiteTailAB · #4 02-05-2019, 02:03 PM

This forum. Other forums. I try to bank work for days like these.

MooseRiverTrapper · #5 02-05-2019, 02:05 PM

Say your headed out for lunch and never return.

Dean2 · #6 02-05-2019, 02:13 PM

Don't know what you do for a living but thinking up a new project, service or product for your company is always helpful. Trying to figure out where your business will and/or should be 3 years down the road and starting to work towards that. Contact some potential new clients and set up some meetings to discuss their needs. Work on collecting your outstanding receivables.

Try to figure out how to add value with the spare time you have. Lots of good stuff to do on office days that will actually make your business better, or make you far more valuable if you are an employee.

bloopbloob · #7 02-05-2019, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trochu

Sometimes, I'll actually work......

Don't get caught! It might become an expectation....

I was actually trained to not work, no joke. I was told by my boss that I am paid for a certain role, to go outside of that role to help out, is frowned upon.
I'm QA/QC for a production welding shop FWIW. I actually got in trouble for jumping on the tools in the past when it was slow. Big company, over a billion per year big.

jungleboy · #8 02-05-2019, 02:21 PM

40 below is the perfect time to get out on the floor or the yard and see what the working stiff has to deal with when it's not a perfect rose colored glasses day .

Dean2 · #9 02-05-2019, 02:23 PM

Then I would strongly suggest you take your free time and seriously look for a job where you can earn good pay but also make a real difference. I cannot imagine working for 35 years at a mind numbing job where my talents were of no use to the people I work with.

Red Bullets · #10 02-05-2019, 02:42 PM

Knitting, crocheting, make sculptures in plasticine, desktop silversmithing, songwriting, learn harmonica, online poker tournaments, leather work or beading, online education courses, whittling, creative dance with the secretary, fly tying, self tattooing and maybe even some work related upgrading.

Get an big aquarium stocked with a variety of fish for the office and go fishing with a light micro rod, spool of thread and a size 18 wet fly.

If we would only give the same amount of thought to what we want to get out of life as we give to the thoughts of fishing, hunting and recreating, we would be startled at how aimless our days at work are.~Red Bullets

colroggal · #11 02-06-2019, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jungleboy

40 below is the perfect time to get out on the floor or the yard and see what the working stiff has to deal with when it's not a perfect rose colored glasses day .

We managed to get the big guy from down east to do a ride along. One trip out to the mines and everyone got raises. And that was on a rose colored sun-shiney day.

Colin

ghostguy6 · #12 02-05-2019, 02:01 PM

Youtube. Sometimes it fun to see where the automatic play lists take you. You can plan home projects. I have considered learning Spanish online. Build wish lists on Amazon.
I'm in the same boat as you, currently I do 2-5 minutes of work every 30 minutes. Been doing it for almost 3 months now. Hopefully this project will end soon and I can do something decent again. I can't even clean, just sit and wait.

last minute · #13 02-05-2019, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bloopbloob

I have a job where I have an office, but like to get out in the yard or on the floor for about half the day usually. Not when it's -43 though! What do you guys do when it's -40, & don't want to leave the office. I'm losing my mind in boredom.... Can only search the news and this site so much....

YouTube all the way

cadice · #14 02-08-2019, 06:49 AM

Same here. I do a bit of Youtube and I am also a book person, so when I have a break at work I usually read

or I go to our gym at the office for just little workout run, just for recreation because I am sitting all day!

anaterfa · #15 02-12-2019, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bloopbloob

I have a job where I have an office, but like to get out in the yard or on the floor for about half the day usually. Not when it's -43 though! What do you guys do when it's -40, & don't want to leave the office. I'm losing my mind in boredom.... Can only search the news and this site so much....

I dont have -40 outside to be honest but I also work at office and from time to time I have to rest.

so I ask couple of my colleges and we go together to our office café downstairs. It is the kind of work where you need quiet and friendly environment so for most of the time you dont speak with almost anyone. So this kind of break is very refreshing!