Prudence is bored

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:15 AM

So, I'm sitting at the front desk in the law review office, 1.5 hours into today's 10 hour office hour marathon. Every 2L has to put in 15 office hours per semester. So I'm spending what would be my day off sitting at this desk. Something in the building air venting mechanics makes this desk shake. It's very distracting. I'm going crazy. I'm used to being in a single office, not out in the open.

The deal with office hours is that you have to sit here and be available in case someone needs something. So far today I've taken 1 phone message for the EIC, verified some other students' office hours against the spreadsheet, and called for repair on the copier. (Some sneak in last night left a note timestamped 5pm to call for repair. Jerk!)

But now my in box is empty and neither the EIC or ME is in, so no more work for me to do at the moment. Just....sitting. I'm going nuts. I'm so flippin' bored.

What shall I do? I've played my KoL turns. I'm too tired to focus on my reading. I forgot my headphones so I can't listen to anything interesting. No one's on google or clan chat.

I'm bored!

tracilicious · 10-21-2005, 09:30 AM

Google has chat? There may be a few threads here that haven't been naughtied up yet. You could work on that.

When I'm bored I organize my budget for the next year or so (not that I stick to it), or do travel research for places I can't yet afford to go. Then I try to work the travel into my budget. That's what got me planning my Japan trip. Which turned out to not be as expensive as I thought.

Or you could hide people's staplers and pens and otherwise make them think they are going nuts.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:54 AM

There aren't any people right now and the only stapler is already on my desk.

Bah. This sucks.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 09:55 AM

arg! someone somewhere (I think it's the snack cart downstairs) is playing music right at that annoying volume. You know -- it's just loud enough to be barely audible, but not so loud that you can tell what the song is. Drives me nuts, it does.

scaeagles · 10-21-2005, 10:29 AM

Hey Prudence - I work from a home office. When I'm bored, I can do laundry or dishes or something productive. I can exercise on my elliptical. I can check email or play on the internet to my heart's content. I can read my paper. I can listen to the radio. I can take a nap.

Just thought I'd make your day by telling you all the wonderful things I can do at work while bored.

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 10:35 AM

(rummaging through the office supplies to make an scaeagles voodoo doll)

Motorboat Cruiser · 10-21-2005, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

(rummaging through the office supplies to make an scaeagles voodoo doll)

Could you send that to me when you are done with it? Just wondering.

Hopefully it will include a sphincter that can be ... manipulated. Then we'll see how much R and R he actually gets at his "office".

scaeagles · 10-21-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Could you send that to me when you are done with it? Just wondering.

Hopefully it will include a sphincter that can be ... manipulated. Then we'll see how much R and R he actually gets at his "office".

Perhaps the LoT could market a voodoo doll of me to assist with any expenses they have. I'm sure it would be quite the revenue generator.

As a friendly reminder, I no longer have a LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER. It was removed. So manipulation is not possible. I'm certain you would not be referring to anything else.

Curious - Why do you have "office" in quotes? Perhaps you are thinking a better word would be "brothel"?

Prudence · 10-21-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Curious - Why do you have "office" in quotes? Perhaps you are thinking a better word would be "brothel"?

Oh dear, MBC, it seems he's turned professional.

scaeagles · 10-21-2005, 03:45 PM

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Oh dear, MBC, it seems he's turned professional.

One day you need a toaster, the next you're turning $1000 tricks. What can I say? It truly is a slippery slope.

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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Prudence is bored So, I'm sitting at the front desk in the law review office, 1.5 hours into today's 10 hour office hour marathon. Every 2L has to put in 15 office hours per semester. So I'm spending what would be my day off sitting at this desk. Something in the building air venting mechanics makes this desk shake. It's very distracting. I'm going crazy. I'm used to being in a single office, not out in the open. The deal with office hours is that you have to sit here and be available in case someone needs something. So far today I've taken 1 phone message for the EIC, verified some other students' office hours against the spreadsheet, and called for repair on the copier. (Some sneak in last night left a note timestamped 5pm to call for repair. Jerk!) But now my in box is empty and neither the EIC or ME is in, so no more work for me to do at the moment. Just....sitting. I'm going nuts. I'm so flippin' bored. What shall I do? I've played my KoL turns. I'm too tired to focus on my reading. I forgot my headphones so I can't listen to anything interesting. No one's on google or clan chat. I'm bored! __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	Google has chat? There may be a few threads here that haven't been naughtied up yet. You could work on that. When I'm bored I organize my budget for the next year or so (not that I stick to it), or do travel research for places I can't yet afford to go. Then I try to work the travel into my budget. That's what got me planning my Japan trip. Which turned out to not be as expensive as I thought. Or you could hide people's staplers and pens and otherwise make them think they are going nuts. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	There aren't any people right now and the only stapler is already on my desk. Bah. This sucks. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	arg! someone somewhere (I think it's the snack cart downstairs) is playing music right at that annoying volume. You know -- it's just loud enough to be barely audible, but not so loud that you can tell what the song is. Drives me nuts, it does. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Hey Prudence - I work from a home office. When I'm bored, I can do laundry or dishes or something productive. I can exercise on my elliptical. I can check email or play on the internet to my heart's content. I can read my paper. I can listen to the radio. I can take a nap. Just thought I'd make your day by telling you all the wonderful things I can do at work while bored.
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