OK, I work a job. It's boring. Not challenging. I spend all day sending email, surfing, waiting for something to happen. Little does. So I think 'Aha! I will get a different job, more challenging, less downtime' - however it seems to me that as I ask around, many other people seem to also spend lots of their day posting to websites, surfing, being unchallenged, and doing a little bit o' work along the way. A friend of mine has even ventured the idea that the 8 hr workday is obsolete. Because computers improve our efficiency there is less work to do - so the day is filled with downtime where people try to look busy. So the question is, do you know people who are not spending half the day surfing at their jobs? Do you think it's common or uncommon it to blow half your 'workday' on goofing off? So far today I have done about 20 mins of actual work and the time is 2:44 EST.

Ah, I remember the days of surfing the web all day and getting paid $77/hour. It was fun, but I quit to "challenge myself." Christ, that was stoopid.

God, I wish I had a job that required me to be occupied for 8 hours. I hate having nothing to do. And now that I actually have lots of work to do, I don't do it because I have developed the bad habit of checking message boards consistently throughout the day. Sucks. Antigone.....$77/hour?? What job was that? Could I do it?

i was going to say something about 'this is why you go for computer science instead of psych', but, goddamn you antigone. of course, $77/hour was probably before 03/2000.

I frequently have a lot of down time, but about as often I have work that is deadline driven and requires me to be here as long as it takes to get it done. And because it's not scheduled through here, and because people suck, I can't anticipate it and start it early or whatever so I can leave after a full 8 hours. No, that would be entirely too fucking easy. Yep.

i'm salaried, i have responsibilities, and i work until my responsibilities are met. if that means 30 hours one week and 80 the next, there you go. yippie.

Nope, Nate. It was 3/2001. After that, I got a $30/hour raise. Of course, now I have about $100 in my bank account and I can't seem to get a job. Ain't that funny?

3/2001 is what i meant anyway. it is funny. it is all funny.

i work diligently all day long. but this is the first job i've had in which i've wanted to do that. if i do have down time, i read web development journals or study something job-related, or i study stocks and investment, or pay bills, or run an errand. i rarely surf the web or send email or just jack around. i get paid a decent salary, but nothing mind blowing. that may change soon though. with this job interview on wednesday.

I've been working in a file room this summer. I work two hours after everyone leaves so that other people in the office can check out files. We aren't supposed to check e-mail or surf the web so I wait until those two hours before I get on-line. My immediate supervisor could care less, but her manager freaks out about it. When I first started working there I asked her what I should do when everyone leaves. She looked at what I was doing (chatting on IM) and said, "keep doing that." When I asked if I should finish the work left for the day she said that unless the checked-in files get overwhelming I wasn't to do anything so that there would be enough work in the morning so that there would be enough for people to look busy so her manager wouldn't freak. I worked for another part of this mamoth organization (Harvard) a few years ago. Basically it seems as though there are tho kinds of employees there...those who are completely overworked and those who are bored. I still know people in industries that still bust their ass, or at least work steadily for 8+ hours a day...manufacturing, nursing, retail, food. etc.

i can't tell you all my new job both because it is so great and pays so well that you would all be sad and also because it is very very hush hush top secret and someone might do bad things to you

i know what your job is. i won't tell, but here's a hint: it has something to do with european travel.

I pretty much work,while I'm at work.But my job is not computer related. Sometimes,when I get my patients to bed,and they stay there,I surf. 8 hours of no real work sounds like Nirvana to me.I work 12 hour shifts,and am emotionally fried by the time I get off. But then again,this is the only job I've ever had,that the staff is more dysfunctional than the patients.

heather is a SKY MARSHALL on Lufthansa Airways!!!!!!

this is actually kinda funny. so im working for my best friend's buisness...she owns a mail order scooter parts company. and she's all hooked on this scooterbbs. so one day i'm in there and she's bitching about how much she checks it in one day. i said, "i know what thats like. i used to be hooked on this site called sorabji." she gets this weird look on her face and says, "sorabji? uh, thats the same guy that runs the scooter board." come to find out, mark is one of the scooter guys. i think anyway. i might be wrong...but there's someone who signs the scooter board with the nick "sorabji", and im pretty sure its mark. small world. oh, speaking of which. the guy who wrote "its a small world" croaked today.

I work my entire shift, but that is going to change now. Of course, I don't work full time. Just 3 nights a week. I am busy almost ALL of the time and don't get any breaks or anything. I love it. This will all change this week, though. I will be sitting at the podium and doing nothing but taking names and ringing the little lighted pagers to let people know their table is ready.....why am I confined to something so completly boring...........because I am a total and complete klutz and after going to Sea World will be on crutches for two freaking weeks!!!! Way to go Eri!!!!! My boss was so happy that I wasn't just quitting because I was on crutches that he decided to bring in someone to do everything but the podium, and I am confined to the podium for the next two weeks.

Mark runs the scooter site.

Damn. I remember working a regular job. 1-11, Wednesday-Saturday, for peanuts (peanuts and a half for overtime). Now I'm betwixt and between, trying to figure out my life's path. So far, I'm dividing my time among a family foundation, looking to give grants to grassroots agencies here in Somerville, volunteering at an agency in Cambridge that's trying to organize young people around social change philanthropy, and taking photos. I actually managed to combine some of this, and did some photography for a local agency that works with youth; these will be for their website and promotional materials. (Patrick, when I get my butt in gear, I'd love to have you check some of them out) I'm hoping to have all this shake out in the next year or so, and have a path carved out for myself by then. We'll see....

I fell asleep in the basement file room today.

I worked my ass off all day. I had time to grab lunch tho. And I went home just after five, instead of 7ish like usual hell wednesday. Sending chocolate to production seems to get your ads set faster.

I sit on my ass all day,either watching t.v. or surfing the internet,then about anywhere from a half a hour to a hour before my husband gets home I hustle my ass around here and clean,start laundry,do the dishes,and "try" to make it look like I'm still trying. It's like a contest to me. Quiting my business was the worst thing I ever did to myself,not that I had much to say about it.

obviously by the number of posts i've left on here today, i've been sitting on my ass at work all day doing nothing. crap. i wanna go home and cuddle my kitties.