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- CCunitz, on 07/10/2008, -0/+91An added sign:
"You get really, really good at hitting Alt + Tab very quickly when people approach your desk so that no one knows your Digging excessively while at work."
......mastered that skill. - shearyadi, on 07/10/2008, -1/+47Well, I have been on some of that 10 signs, so here I am now a freelancer :)
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+42lol good list. Being unemployed and poor rocks.
- vivisimonvi, on 07/10/2008, -0/+42"I'm just here for that paycheck"
- junkwheel, on 07/10/2008, -2/+3511. When you don't care where you take a dump anymore.
- Protuhj, on 07/10/2008, -0/+32#1 - Great reason to eat mexican food at lunch.
- jazumin80, on 07/10/2008, -1/+23Hilarious... I guess I should go write my resignation e-mail now.
- fictionalOne, on 07/10/2008, -0/+22#13 When you spend more time on Digg than actually working. God I hate this job.
(#10 So sad, but I over drink coffee just to get out of the office and pee for, oh let's say 5-10 minutes at a time.) - blacktriangle, on 07/10/2008, -0/+22It sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays!
- usrlocalbin, on 07/10/2008, -5/+24O ften, the hardest part about quitting your job is figuring out if you should go. Having been through this many times, I've picked out some of the fail-safe warning signs. Enjoy.
10) The best part of your day is listening to the radio on your morning commute. You're actually disappointed when you arrive in the parking lot and have to turn off your car.
9) You break into a cold sweat when you suddenly realize how trivial everything really is, and yet how insane your co-workers get over things anyways. Then, you start excessively slipping in the phrase "the big picture" a lot. After a while, you actually pity them.
8) When you ask hard-working people at the lower rungs of the company how they're doing, they inevitably say "Well, I'm still here."
7) You start checking out the guys/girls at the company that are 20 years older than you. You found these people entirely repulsive before, but boredom and the fact that you've exhausted all other prospects leaves you on this unfortunate island.
6) You're always having to ask people to copy you on emails. Listen, people absolutely love adding as many people to the cc: list as possible—more people get to see how wonderful they are that way. If even despite that, you have to consistently ask—it means you're just not viewed as important. Sorry.
5) All of management's pep talks are vacuous, in the future tense and accompanied by a preposterous Safe Harbor-esque statement. You know what I'm talking about: "Next quarter we will have great sales, of course, so long as electricity isn't disrupted in the Western United States and most of our customers don't come down with bird flu."
4) You start looking forward to meetings, because it's an hour long opportunity to shoot knowing looks to that one other really disgruntled employee and laugh on the inside. And you literally stare laser beams at this person until you finally catch eyes, getting insanely frustrated when they don't look your direction for a few minutes.
3) You cautiously start using idiotic work clichés at every opportunity, like "let's have a come to Jesus meeting," or, "Let's peel back the onion," assuming someone is finally going to call you on your ridiculousness. But no one ever does, and instead they start using your clichés in their next presentation.
2) When people give you assignments, you have to consciously hold yourself back from blurting out, "You know, I just don't care, because I won't be here when this is due."
And the #1 Sign It's Time to Quit Your Job...
1) Taking a bathroom break is excessively satisfying. You think to yourself, "I just got paid for relieving myself," and that carries much more satisfaction than it really ever should. - Herv3, on 07/10/2008, -2/+17"Bonus for reading this far... the best scenes from the great movie Office Space"
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available."
Title should be changed to 11 signs it may be time to quit your job :( - wrzhydr, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1312. When you realize drinking a beer or two at lunch makes you hate your job that much more, instead of being able to enjoy it.
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12true that
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12nice... enjoying life free of a boss!
- po43292, on 07/10/2008, -0/+9How Not to Be On Digg 101
- vasconcj, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8ha, this is great. My boss sucks so this is some welcome comic relief!
- username7410, on 07/10/2008, -0/+8One of the greatest top tens I've ever read!
- SliWoady, on 07/10/2008, -1/+8Dugg for the Bill Lumbergh pic.
- yoshman, on 07/11/2008, -0/+7So that's why your cubicle smelt so bad... :/
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7carts + college = amazing
- wfiupublicradio, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7thus why I am on the van wilder college path...next year i hope to upgrade the bike to a golf cart.
- victimofkratina, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5i know #1 is true for me. i actually wait till im back at work to take a ***** rather than take it on my lunch break. its 10 minutes less work. oh yes those work cliches like "touch base".
- Aerandir, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5or Ctrl + Tab, assuming that you have a corporate app that is web-based in other tab....
I mastered that one too. =D - slug007, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5I would have dugg this one earlier, but i had to drop a deuce before leaving work.
- spider256, on 07/10/2008, -3/+8Often, the hardest part about quitting your job is figuring out if and when you should go. Having been through this many times, I’ve picked out some of the fail-safe warning signs. Enjoy.
10) The best part of your day is listening to the radio on your morning commute. You’re actually disappointed when you arrive in the parking lot and have to turn off your car.
9) You break into a cold sweat when you suddenly realize how trivial everything really is, and yet how insane your co-workers get over things anyways. Then, you start excessively slipping in the phrase “the big picture” a lot. After a while, you actually pity them.
8) When you ask hard-working people at the lower rungs of the company how they’re doing, they inevitably say “Well, I’m still here.”
7) You start checking out the guys/girls at the company that are 20 years older than you. You found these people entirely repulsive before, but boredom and the fact that you’ve exhausted all other prospects leaves you on this unfortunate island.
6) You’re always having to ask people to copy you on emails. Listen, people absolutely love adding as many people to the cc: list as possible—more people get to see how wonderful they are that way. If even despite that, you have to consistently ask—it means you’re just not viewed as important. Sorry.
5) All of management’s pep talks are vacuous, in the future tense and accompanied by a preposterous Safe Harbor-esque statement. You know what I’m talking about: “Next quarter we will have great sales, of course, so long as electricity isn’t disrupted in the Western United States and most of our customers don’t come down with bird flu.”
4) You start looking forward to meetings, because it’s an hour long opportunity to shoot knowing looks to that one other really disgruntled employee and laugh on the inside. And you literally stare laser beams at this person until you finally catch eyes, getting insanely frustrated when they don’t look your direction for a few minutes.
3) You cautiously start using idiotic work clichés at every opportunity, like “let’s have a come to Jesus meeting,” or, “Let’s peel back the onion,” assuming someone is finally going to call you on your ridiculousness. But no one ever does, and instead they start using your clichés in their next presentation.
2) When people give you assignments, you have to consciously hold yourself back from blurting out, “You know, I just don’t care, because I won’t be here when this is due.”
And the #1 Sign It's Time to Quit Your Job...
1) Taking a bathroom break is excessively satisfying. You think to yourself, “I just got paid for relieving myself,” and that carries much more satisfaction than it really ever should. - quickshot56, on 07/10/2008, -0/+5Sadly, I read that list and every single one applied....
- teh_spazz, on 07/10/2008, -0/+4When your employer doesn't care if you come in to work 10 minutes late, 2 hours late, or not at all. Without notifying.
- Culero, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4*stab*
- inactive, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4Now I just need a job to quit from.
- Apocolypse007, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3dugg for last video on the page. Damn i've always wanted to do that!
- ImBlackYall, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Serves her right for singing such an abysmal song.
- NikkiA, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Oh lord, they're all so true too...
I've been at #2 at least twice, even had the sarcastic thought 'but you just keep on giving a rats ass, and we'll see who looks the most smug' - badenglishihave, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3I think some people don't understand why this is funny: some companies block youtube videos/streaming video and I believe that is the message you get.
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -1/+4lol... that's the only thing ruining that office space scene!
- junkwheel, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Don't worry, it was only my cubicle for a short while.
- hobbers, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Sweet, you too? The unemployment check is an added bonus.
- rinote, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Oh god, looks like I need to quit my job.
- dood, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3The bathroom break is the new smoke break. I like to refer to the toilet as the "thinking chair": it's one of few quiet places I can go at work where I don't hear homeless people threatening each other, so I really get to think.
- goalieguy314, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3I'd say you've got the best job ever right there.
- fakonig, on 07/10/2008, -4/+6Goon one, the stress!
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -1/+3that would make a great story...
- tdogg241, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2I used AutoHotkey to make the ` key minimize the active window. It's actually quite useful beyond not wanting to get caught on the internet.
- monkeyboyx, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Sounds like my life right now...wow
I need to make changes...jesus christ...man ohh man - bproven, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Spending more time on Digg than doing your job ;)
- flxfxp, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2*kicks face in*
- teh_spazz, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2The whole not getting paid thing sucks though.
- antonio97b, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2Only #1 applies to me. I guess 10 as well, but it hardly bothers me (not enough to quit.). #1 applies to me only becuase at my work we don't get breaks. Only a lunch. So when I take my morning poo I give myself an extra 5 minutes to read a news story on my phone before heading back to work.
- AutoTom, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1May i suggest we go and bury that story?
- bemaniac, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1#1 I definitely take to heart, but I really, really love my job.
- faceless323, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Only if you work in the office. If you worked in the warehouse you would hate it.
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