I worked retail before the internet was invented. So it was dusting shelves. "You got time to lean, you got time to clean" was my boss' motto.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Jul 12, 2005 9:03:08 am PDT #9161 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
-t - Jul 12, 2005 9:04:16 am PDT #9162 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
One summer when I was in college I worked at Parklane Hosiery in the mall. As the only part-timer, I soloed on the Fourth of July. I spent all day reading Kafka. The next time I worked my manager tried to berate me for not keeping busy by saying that her friend in another store had seen me just staring into space at the counter, but I knew she was full of shit because I'd actually been reading, and not trying to hide it at all.
Jars - Jul 12, 2005 9:05:37 am PDT #9163 of 10001
I played volleyball for three hours today, and did sudoku for two. In work. I have the mother of all slack-off jobs. AIFG.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 9:05:41 am PDT #9164 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't remember how I used to slack. I know I did. It's personal policy to not regularly engage over 65%, so I have lots of room to improve when the crunch is on.
I drew more, I bet. But that can't have been all.
Whatever it was -- not memorable.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2005 9:07:40 am PDT #9165 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did have a temp job answering phones once where I opened the credenza and it was FULL of romance novels. I can't remember if there was internet there/then, though. I'm thinking no.
DavidS - Jul 12, 2005 9:07:46 am PDT #9166 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sure it felt like real time, too.
Heh. Not at all. That's not only one of my favorite books, it was one of my favorite reading experiences.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2005 9:09:32 am PDT #9167 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm currently on a conference call that has an internet component -- I feel very fancy! And yet still slacking. I am a multi-tasker for sure.
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 9:09:51 am PDT #9168 of 10001
brillig
Writing fic is a great way to slack when there's no computer. Notebooks in the purse are very useful.
shrift - Jul 12, 2005 9:21:43 am PDT #9169 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Before I began working on offices, I remember slacking on jobs by way of hijinks. And possibly getting high off heavy metal cleaners. These things may have been interrelated.
Volans - Jul 12, 2005 9:46:57 am PDT #9170 of 10001
move out and draw fire
All my jobs up until a couple years ago were slack-tastic. I wrote games, wrote stories, drew comics, and read read read read read.
Roald Dahl question: He was a fighter pilot in the African theater? And crashed in the desert? Or am I confusing him with St.-Exupery?
the White House said Tuesday that President Bush continues to have confidence in Karl Rove
Isn't this exactly what he said about Rumsfield after Abu Ghraib?