I'm three hours in...

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:04pm

into my temp job today, and I have literally done nothing but surf the web.

When will it end?!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:09pm

Touchme, welcome to my world. I SHOULD be finishing this project but no one gave me a deadline on it and I sort of stopped caring about impressing them.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:11pm

Same here. It doesn't hurt that what I'm working with are incredibly dry technical documents meant for IT pros. But I'll finish someday, I'm sure...

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 12:53pm

Make that four hours.

I should've brought my script.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:28pm

*reads Cryptonomicon*

*cackle*

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:40pm

welcome to my life:) may i reccomend bored.com?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:42pm

Touch, you could be surfing the web at home and not be getting paid. Count your blessings.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:44pm

I could also be at auditions, so the blessings I count often are tainted to some degree.

But, I am grateful to work -- even if by "work" I mean post here.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:45pm

Darling, you're getting paid to surf online. Life doesn't get much easier than that.

Temp work is quite often actual WORK.

[mabel]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:47pm

I was in your boat most of the summer. I actually kind of resent the fact that I actually have work to do now. The nerve!

Oh well, it'll pay for my books, food, and theatre tix for this coming school year, so no complaints!

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:50pm

I guess I'm just one of those who prefers to "work" when I'm at work. It makes me feel self-conscious when there are people working around me and I'm surfing.

But, it sure does beat the option of sitting at home with a roasted chicken, no money, and acid reflux.

[mabel]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:57pm

Yeah, I felt that way too the first couple of weeks, but now I miss my excessive surfing...wait, who am I kidding?!? I still partake in excessive surfing! I'm sure you'll be piled up w/ work before you know it! No worries!

[Plum]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 1:59pm

I lost my shame about reading at work a while back. There's only so many times I can ask for more work and pretty much be told to go over what I already did.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:00pm

Five hours in.

I have websurfed, sung once outloud, and openly mocked a mean coworker who spoke rigidly while pointing a ruler at an Italian lady.

I guess I have worked. Whew...I'm gonna take a lunch now.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:01pm

Don't wear yourself out.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:29pm

I love your work day! Mine involves starting a project, stopping to read my reviews, posting about said reviews, getting coffee, getting wired from coffee and being unable to accurately input this data into Excel, starting over, finding another review, talking to my coworker, taking a LONG break...hmm...

[BT]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:02pm

Um, remind me never to hire any of you people! Just kidding. Enjoy it while you can - or at least pocket the cash and don't complain. I work my temps to death, so you should be happy you're not here in DC! mwah ha ha

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:06pm

Bwaysinger, if you need any help with excel, I must boast to being the highest excel test scorer in my temp company's history. =)

Oh, and I"m back from an hour lunch -- while on lunch I called friends, ate at Subway (on my credit card), saw Sutton Foster walking down the street with a gay-ish man (not Christian), and accidently farted loudly while on a street corner.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:20pm

7 hours, 15 min. Still, I have done nothing.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:24pm

Still bored out of my ever-lovin' mind.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:41pm

How about this: I'll messenger over some of the work my assistant and I are backed up with. Your boss can pay you to do it and I'll send a messenger to pick it up when you're done.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:53pm

Bring it on.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 5:27pm

It's official...one full day, and I did not a wink of work. Maybe tomorrow.

[mabel]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 6:03pm

That's the spirit!

It's actually quasi-decent for me at work at the moment. I've got work to do (so much better than having nothing to do...there are only so many threads of interest on BWW and only so many times I can compulsively check my email) but it's not so crazy-busy that I don't have any time to waste surfing. Come on, I'm going to be a senior this fall, so it's my last "free" summer before I have to go out and get a job/apt/etc. so I'm enjoying my last less than taxing "job."