Ask DaVe: Bored at Work?
Amanda from Dublin OH asks, “I work in a cubicle and I regularly get bored waiting for my next assignment. What can you do when you are bored at work and you have ran out of internet web sites to look at?”
Well Amanda, I am glad you asked this question. This is a question that I am highly qualified to answer. Matter of fact, I am overly qualified to answer this. My profession is based on this situation and I regularly am in this predicament
I realize that you can only browse some many back archives of FupDuckTV.com. At some point you will run out of things to read and watch on the internet. So what do you do…
- Exercise – You never seem to have enough time in the morning or evening to exercise, so why not use your captive time to better your health. There are tons of exercises you can do in your cubicle: push-ups, sit-ups, stretching, tricep-dips, ect…
- Take at Walk – Some times you need a change of scenery to break up the day. Instead of going out for a smoke, go out for a walk. Get some fresh air and walk around your building. Take a corker with you and discuss work, that way you won’t feel bad about being away from your desk on the clock.
- Annoy Coworkers – Annoying coworkers can be limitless fun, specially the overly sensitive ones. The secret is start with something small like making an odd noise once every five minutes. Slowly build up the annoying behavior until that person is about to explode with frustration. When you feel they can’t take anymore, move
on to the next coworker. Oh, the stories you will have to tell. 
Annoy Customers – Customers are the life blood of most business, so why would you want to annoy the source of your income. Well, there are good customers and then there are bad customers. The key is to annoy only the bad customers. You want their money, not their surly attitude.- Start a Business – When left to your own devices in a slow moving dead-end job, what better way to pass the time than to start your own competing company from within. It is typically highly illegal, but everyone does it. Why should you get paid minimum wage while the fat-cat owners get rich from your hard work.
- Start Rumors – Nothing energizes the work environment like a good scandal. “I hear that the boss is supposedly sleeping with janitor.” As long as you use vague phrases you can’t be charged with a slander lawsuit. For bonus points, spread unbelievable rumors about yourself.
- Start a Work Romance – Nothing passes the day like overactive raging hormones. An inter-office romance is often frowned upon, but 40+ hours with someone can make you do crazy things. The excitement of trying not to get caught will make the day fly right by. Going to the supply closet never felt so good.
- Get Fired - This may sound like a bad idea, but with expanding government unemployment coverage and a high speed home internet connections, you can be surfing the NSFW portions of the web at lightning speed in the comfort of your underwear and bathrobe.
Do you have any other suggestions for ways to combat boredom at the office?
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hmmmm… I seem to recall some interesting rumors about being a gay heroin addict started just to see how long it would take to filter through the grapevine…