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- JDogHerman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Putting this to work right now!!!
- brandonvan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21This article confirmed my belief that I will soon be the smartest man in the world.
- DarthTurducken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." - Bertrand Russell
- Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I'll send this to my boss. We'll see Monday morning if I have a job.
- epheterson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Reminds me a lot of Office Space... promotion anyone?
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of a window"
Creativity takes concentration. - nstern2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15as I was sitting at my desk doing nothing I thought of this really cool Idea. It would be a mat with conclusions on it that you jump to!
- GuineaPig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Homer: Lisa, if you don't like your job, you don't strike: you just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9'Tis true. Writers talk about this all the time. And Ben Franklin used to take little naps to solve problems. He would sit with a hand bell in his hand and start to drift off to sleep just thinking about the problem. When he dropped the bell he would wake up and have the answer. Also Marijuana is good at putting you in the state of mind to make connections between things that you normally wouldn't make, but that's illegal so don't try it. Drink beer instead and be stupid.
- YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Lesee:
- Surfs at work
- IRCs at work for a channel dedicated to his hobby (SecondLife)
- Surfs DIGG, two messageboards, and whatever links get passed his way
- RemoteDesktopConnects to home computer to run torrents
But I'm only doing Tech Support, and NOT having something to balance focus with would atrophy my ADHD-addled mind. - Everman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Studies have shown that people who network more with people at work generally get more promotions than people who out perform them but network less. So get networking you slackers :P
- gamekid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I don't want to think about Archimedes LOLling in his bathtub.
- stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9LOL... Oh, the title says “Slack Off!” I thought it said something else. Sorry.
- benhiler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This does not work at school though i always tell tell my teacher im finding a cure for cancer when she ask me what im doing.
- zdiggler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4We are so busy in america that Bush and his administration and the Media has lied us about this stupid war.
No body in America got time to go out and do something about it. That's how america keeps people in control, by making them busy!!! - Browncoat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The line from Office Space "It's not that I'm lazy... It's that I just don't care!" applies to me 100%
- MadModdr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7In my opinion, you don't get ahead by being efficient. The key is to "work" the hardest. Multitask, work long hours, etc. This may not apply to all professions but this has been my experience at just about every job I have had. You are generally not judged by how much work you put out, it's how often your supervisor sees you working and you're ability to shift from one project to an emergency with ease.
- beasty_dave_Mk2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"..Remember the story of Archimedes lolling in his bathtub?..."
I was lolling whilst reading this...lol... - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4OFFICE SPACE FTW!!!
He slacked off, and he got promoted, what happned to his hard-working best friends? THEY GOT LAID OFF!!!
Hope you get promoted - Rio517, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Not Online. CNN is doing about 30% better than Fox as an online News Source. There was an article in BusinessWeek on that sometime in January.
- norbiu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If you tell her to "slack off" you may be out of school earlier than expected.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Hmph.. I read the title as "Be smarter at work, jack off".
I need my eyes checked.. - brandonvan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Lol Rabiddogma!! What if I held a bell while drinking a beer and smoking pot? Unbridled genius.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not the government that's trying to control you, it's the corporations. Governments are extensions of business interests. There isn't a ***** honest, benevolent Democracy on this entire planet, it's all about the $$$.
- ucg1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4IMO, that isn't actual slacking off, you're just doing work that isn't related to your job.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This has, of course, been my philosophy for years...
- master_of_fm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2im salaried, and technically i am on call 24/7 (desktop support) the only thing that matters in my job is that things are running smoothly and the execs are happy with thier laptops.
- subject117, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I like the fact that this guys screen name is "slacker"
- rholo13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's too bad this wasn't written a little earlier for that guy in NY that got fired by the mayor. He was playing solitaire and then got canned. Maybe it wasn't required to think freely in his job...
- lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1don't go telling me to slack off at work like it was your idea. I INVENTED slacking off at work!
- j0rd4n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm glad someone finally said it. Who says we have to cram the entire world's work under such tight deadlines? We almost need a universal acceptance to widen the deadline gap and loosen things up. We would probably have better quality products anyway and work efficiency would go way up (I notice I spend more time fixing my old stuff if I am pushed too fast). Life isn't just about work you know.
- technstuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, you just described my typical work day as well. Add on checking the deals sites for good deals on, you know, business-related technology needs, and you've got a complete day.
- Laughingman234, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2yes! now I have an actual excuse for my boss :)
But this actually totally makes sense as I have come to troubles all the time and I just take a break watch some anime...BAM...fixed...great story - Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They used to say that it made you go blind... And you need your eyes checked.... Hm....
Don't let HR catch you! They frown on it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I would have to agree, but in a different sense. Overworking does lead to a dead end. What we should really do is instead of doing repetitive tasks over and over again, we should step back and see if we can do these taks faster, easier or to just simply automate them (*cough computer *cough). The mathematician learns math so can perferm his matematical calculations better and the computer scientist learns his math so he can make a computer do it so he never has to do it again! lol.
- NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I work at McDonalds and it's either multitask or....... DIE!!!!!
- DougPenn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you want to work less, just start smoking. The smokers in my building are outside chatting it up with other smokers at least 2-3 hours per day.
- Harlequn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is totally true. Some of the best ideas I ever had came to me out of the office. Sitting at a red light on Santa Monica Blvd.
- ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I serioulsy agree with this. I spend a lot of my time at work just surfing the net and reading *****, talking online using meebo, and just slacking off. Then when it comes time for me to go do something or try to solve something, I usually get around to it and get it done faster and better than my co-workers. I've had a lot of ideas for making things better around campus that have actually come to fruition than most of my co-workers as well.
My dad also doesn't get why when I'm having a problem programming or doing homework, why I go and play a video game or something. Then he wonders why when I find a solution, it's up, running, and working better than the requirement for the program in the first place.
I really have always thought there was something to this slacking thing. - fullcollapse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1haha.. working at that place sucks so much
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As a mathematical student, I felt this kind of thing several times. that I discover promising ideas when I am doing nothing or sleeping. No ideas when I am studying and busy.
CEOs of South Korean corporations must read this article and stop forcing employees a tremendous amount of work. CEOs, stop treating us like robots. - gator99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Laziness is the mother of invention.
- stupidchalupa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ah...the sweet smell of slacking w/a mound of paperwork poking you right in the eye begging for your undivided attention
- strangerzero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!
- benadamson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"We want to take as much hurry and worry out of people's lives as we can, because a relaxed state of mind unleashes creativity," says Stacy Sullivan, the company's HR director. "And everybody's on flextime here, so we don't reward face time or working super-long hours. We just measure results."
Where can I sign up? - barryiggins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0seems to me no one really wants the majority of the work force to be thinking creatively or outside the box or whatever; most are there to perform their specialized task. Its similar to the myth that education alone will save the poor: we're still gonna need plenty of people to do the ***** jobs, and unless the general system changes so there's more of a balanced integration of mindless manual labor and more creatively rewarding tasks into each individuals job requirements, I don't see these kinds of notions really changing anything
- N3wtR0ckn13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1if this is true, oddtodd is my hero.
- dgcarboni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree, but I guess you are speaking principally of the US government?
That is not a democracy and we all know it.
Nigeria surely has a cleaner corruption record.
Shame, because I have a hunch that economic gain is better if you are straight; and a lot more sustainable. - mvprj84, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yep, all you have to do at work is slack off and chill with Firefox 2.0:
http://digg.com/software/Firefox_2.0_Alpha_1_Download - dgcarboni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Makework is for people who don't know if they have "it".
Anybody else spot the link for interviews with 12 CEO types?
Fascinating: "work damn hard, and keep slack".
Laziness atrophies, Slackness inspires. -
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