I unwittingly facilitated a fling between a chief basketball player, and a former co-worker, during a summer job.

Cindy's Summer Job = Pimp

::imagines Cindy in fuschia pimp hat, Mack coat and platform shoes::

Back when I was working, I had to slack without internet access.

I really don't know how people managed to look busy before the internet.

I really don't know how people managed to look busy before the internet.

The key is to always have a pencil in your hand and some kind of list that needs checking off when you're staring into space daydreaming.

Signed,
Started Working As An Office Temp in 1979

You're NOT THE BOSS OF ME OR THEM OR ANYONE ELSE!!!!

Was that slacking number self-reported?

I really don't know how people managed to look busy before the internet.

They didn't! I remember visiting my father's office as a kid, and I swear to god, people there spent half the day chatting to each other and the other half on the phone. And they took long lunches. It was bizarre. I, otoh, right now appear to be working my ass off.

ION, I have to apologize. I just realized something. Since all I really want in a guy is 6'2"-6'4", I can actually leave the taller ones for you nutjobs.

I really don't know how people managed to look busy before the internet.

I had one or two temp jobs where they wouldn't give me internet access. (Because...why would I need to access the network? I was just there to answer the phones!) I ended up reading a LOT of magazines.

I had a beau for 4 years who was 6'4" to my 5'nuthin".

He used to say that it didn't matter 'when you are horizontal'. I found that to be mostly true. During the vertical times, I became a champion of perching on solid objects for serious smooching.

I joked one year that his family and I should do a photo holiday card featuring the boys (all over 6'3") wearing snowflake sweaters with the girls (all under 5'4") standing in front. The shot would have been from the tops of our heads to the bottom of the boys' chins. "Christmas in the land of the giants and their pygmy women".

We broke up before that could happen...I'm pretty sure height had nothing to do with it.

Since all I really want in a guy is 6'2"-6'4", I can actually leave the taller ones for you nutjobs.

This is your version of "different strokes"? What have you done with our Cowgirl?

Was that slacking number self-reported?

That's what it sounds like:

The No. 1 state for wasting time was Missouri, where workers who responded to the survey reported slacking off 3 hours and 12 minutes a day.

The defensive quotes from Missouri are cracking me up.

"Nobody can match the work ethic of Missourians. This survey, which our busiest citizens did not want to waste their time on, cannot undermine decades of experience. Missouri workers are among the most productive in the world."

Yikes. An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is now listing 20-30 degrees after the hurricane: [link]

They are clients of ours - I wrote software that was used during the construction of this platform.