Things to do at Work When Bored

[Drakkith]

I like to surf PF...and eat popcorn. Oh the joys of a desk job!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I like to surf PF...and eat popcorn. Oh the joys of a desk job!

I like to ponder the question, "Why are we losing our competitive edge in the global market?".

 

[Triple_D]

I'm not allowed to surf the internet while working. It's OK if I eat popcorn, though.

 

[turbo]

When I was working, I found that being bored wasn't too productive or fun. I never actually got bored because I found useful stuff to occupy me long before I could get bored.

 

[KingNothing]

I brainstorm ways to promote synergy between our departments. Duh.

 

[zif.]

Things to do at work when bored, eh?

Work. You know... What you're being paid to do?
Edit: Just remembered the job I'll be working this summer.

If I'm working at a job that legitimately has downtime (e.g. tech support in a call centre), all my notes are up to date, and my supervisor is telling me to stop asking them for something to do... I'll alternate between reading a novel and strengthening my resolve to get a better job next summer.

 

[Drakkith]

I brainstorm ways to promote synergy between our departments. Duh.

Yes...just like I'm "learning how to communicate effectively for my job".

 

[AlephZero]

Cue standard Engineers vs Designers joke:

Why don't designers look out of the office windows in the morning?
They get bored if they have nothing to do in the afternoon.

 

[Office_Shredder]

My dad once had a 6 month paid vacation as long as he sat at his desk every day, and he spent it learning visual basic and writing a moonlander game. Incidentally this was also the year he got severance bonuses from approximately a thousand different companies and ended up making over double his normal salary.

Aahh, the efficiency of the free market

 

[lockem]

Play Nazi Zombies/Dead Space on my iPhone. The iPhone 4 has revolutionized work boredom.