How to Make It Through the Day at a Boring Job
Have you ever wondered how people survive those boring days at work. Now you can survive that job where all you do is pull staples out of paper, scan it, and staple it back together. Here's How!
[edit] Steps
- Always keep numerous emails going with friends. (This requires typing and makes you sound busy.)
- Check the news, there are many different news services on the internet to waste time.
- Read all of the newspapers in your local area, plus the USA Today, you can read that online.
- Make full use of your breaks, take an extra couple of minutes.
- Look for a new job online.
- Download Google talk and use http://www.meebo.com if you can not get AIM.
- Do sudoku or crosswords.
- Start writing a novel or a blog... it will even look like you are busy.
- Forward any work related issues to your Boss, makes them think you're on top of things.
- Don't clock-watch! Checking the time every time you feel the urge will only make time go slower. Instead, occupy yourself with something that's somewhere on your to-do list and only look at the clock when you need to. You'll find that an hour or two will pass easily!
[edit] Tips
- You can also use things like making a rubber band ball, making darts out of thumbtacks (use a calendar as a dartboard), etc.
[edit] Warnings
- wikiHow not Responsible for you getting fired.
- Always have real work opened on your computer and surround yourself with files. In Windows, hold Alt and press Tab to jump to a work screens. Alt -> Space -> N hides your current window.
