Like confession, only less creepy…

“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.”
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
So I tried to think of somethings I’ve done recently that would can’t as transgressions of some kind. The sad thing is that pretty much everything is work related. The only naughty things I’ve done in my personal life…would change the rating of my blog should I discuss them. I’m not sure what that says about me.
1) Meetings - So every now and then I have to leave and go to a meeting. Well lately I’ve had a lot more “meetings”. Some of them are stenuous…there was that one that I spilled half my Venti Green Tea Latte w/raspberry on my car seat. Then the one where I went home and sat on the toilet reading. Plus the one when I drove around and then went to Rite Aide. My favorite though involved an unspilled Latte (VGTLwR), 20 minutes in front of Starbucks and dusting an Accord on the Howard St. Bridge (THE JETTA HAS A TURBO PUNKS!).
2) Catching Up - This very week I read about 4 Chapters of Stephen King’s IT during work hours. I read less than 25% of one chapter during my lunch break. I fricking love that book. I also spent a total of two hours (spaced out) looking up articles on the web relating to the book. Then I got sidetracked on Wikipedia and started reading about the Dark Tower Series, Pet Cemetary and Dreamcatcher.
3) Hell You Say - Alot of the kids that I work with cuss way too much. To the point where the words don’t even mean anything anymore. I asked one to watch his mouth his respones was to cuss at me. I must have had hearing loss cause I forgot to whisper when I told him that I would kick him in his throat if he ever spoke to me like that again. Luckily the director wasn’t around…not that that would have stopped me as I was pissed.
4) The Artist - Over the past few weeks I’ve been making flyers and posters of a co-worker and taping them to her door. One was a promotional poster for The Last Boyscout. I put replaced Damon Wayans with her (face and name) and changed the title to the last Girlscout. You can get a lot done at work without Photoshop if you’re creative.
5) Errands - Even though most jobs hate this…screw them. See, I figure that if you work from 9 - 5 at some point in time you’ll have to handle personal business during work hours. Seeing as how your work hours are the most common business hours it makes sense. But jobs tend to get touch about it. I however handle mine with reckless abandon. Just today I’ll be goinng to get my license plates during the day. What can I say? I feel no way about it.
6) Interweb - I have no way to document how much time I spend on Youtube, Blogs, Fantasy Football, Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Amazon and a slew of other sites during the day. I wouldn’t put creating a personal website on company time past me.
No lie…I think I have reached the end of the internet.
Not that I have time at work to waste…no, nothing lke that…but I have found myself just looking at the comp screen…thinking…there has to be something that I can look up that I have never seen before…I mean…something that is “viewable” at work.
Comment by Blah Blah Blah — October 15, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
you fake meetings to get out of the office?
have you considered running for some political office?
Comment by GC — October 15, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Please don’t tell me that you’ve begun reading IT! That book’s been out awhile. I LOVE Stephen King. If you haven’t read Needful Things yet it’s a great book.
Comment by Erica C. — October 15, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
I’ll go get IT since you like it that much.
I want you to read “Otherland” by Tad Williams. 4 books in the series.
Comment by jali — October 16, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
i can always find something to do at work besides work. but i generally work for 3 or 4 soild hours. after that, it’s a toss-up
Comment by aquababie — October 16, 2007 @ 8:39 pm
I do some of these things too. Is that really wrong? Especially errands. It is not my fault the bank and other institutions are only open while I am working.
Comment by Miz JJ — October 16, 2007 @ 9:34 pm