How much can you get away with at work?...

oneweb

Well, it's pretty quiet in the office which is a good thing because I didn't have time to do it at home...

I've been making jelly shots for tonight

My name is URL

Well I wouldn't get away with that, ya maverick :pac:

TestTransmission

Sleep,movies and danger ****

Att-tichoo

i have just straightened my hair and painted my nails at my desk...boss is in a meeting and he's male so will prob not notice my sudden curl free do!

tba

jackncoke wrote: »

danger ****

thanks I just tried that.... now I'm ****ing jobless*.


*unrelated issue

Whosbetter?

I get away with anything I want!

I know where the bodies are buried.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

what about all ye fúcking waster posting on boards? that'd be a fireable offence if i had employees

TheZohanS

Self employed...can get away with anything I want.

ejmaztec

oneweb wrote: »

Well, it's pretty quiet in the office which is a good thing because I didn't have time to do it at home...

I've been making jelly shots for tonight

It's a pity the bankers didn't stick to making jelly shots instead of heaving sacks of cash into their 4 wheel drives.

My name is URL

georgiecasey wrote: »

what about all ye fúcking waster posting on boards? that'd be a fireable offence if i had employees

Being allowed to go online at work is supposed to improve productivity

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/4/2/surfing-facebook-and-twitter-work-good-productivity-says-boffins/

Vain

I normally get away with a few biros the odd day. I have my eyes set on a nice plant I hope to take soon.

ejmaztec

http://www.officepolitics.co.uk/stationery.html

Stationery - cupboard love

Stationery cupboards are the sweet shops of office life. They're a sort of colourful pick and mix of lots of nice little things that you don't really need but you nevertheless keep helping yourself to them until your desk looks like a small branch of W H Smiths.
Hardback notebooks are top on the list of removables. You use the first page and then lose interest on the second because the paper isn't quite so squeaky clean. Also available are huge hole punchers that could perforate a rhino's scrotum. It's only when you've punched holes through every document within five yards of your desk that you realise the hole spacing is only compatible with filing systems in old Soviet Bloc countries.
Another hot item in the stationery cupboard is highlighter pens. These highlight the useful and important parts of documents and prove that 90% of most documents are neither. 'Things to do' pads go like hot cakes because they give the impression that you're getting organised. Stationery is in fact a work substitute and you'll notice that the first three things you write on your 'Things to do' pad are '1. Highlight documents. 2. Punch holes in documents. 3. Staple documents.'
So much is stolen from stationery cupboards that they have to be protected behind signs which say 'High Voltage. Danger of Death.' Sadly these signs are also stolen and stuck on the desk of volatile managers as a bit of a joke.
There is a certain virgin sweetness about stationery items which is evidenced by people's resistance to reusing old lever arch files marked 'Bought Ledger 1974'. Inevitably, some office workers develop quite a fetish for stationery. It's not unheard of for someone working late to pop into the stationery cupboard and find the Sales Director sitting inside, stark naked, covered head to foot in Post-it notes.
Key learnings:

• No-one has ever come out of a stationery cupboard empty handed
• Except in Saudi Arabia
• Where you can steal from the stationery cupboard a maximum of twice

niallon

When I was working in a pub many moons ago on a particularly quiet night I can recall serving about three customers then spending the rest of the night drinking and smoking. With the pub actually empty for the last half hour of opening hours we were playing pool for the remainder of the night. I miss the pub.

Super-Rush

More than the average person

sneakerfreak

Self-employed so everything,Im the boss!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c

El Guapo!

TheZohan wrote: »

Self employed...can get away with anything I want.

No need to brag!!;)

I can get away with SFA!!! Im a mechanic and Im the only one in the job with the bosses so all the pressure is on me so I cant even get away and hide!
.....................................................C'mon Lotto numbers!!!!!!:D

ejmaztec

Dean09 wrote: »

No need to brag!!;)

I can get away with SFA!!! Im a mechanic and Im the only one in the job with the bosses so all the pressure is on me so I cant even get away and hide!
.....................................................C'mon Lotto numbers!!!!!!:D

I've seen garages where employees have nicked enough stuff from the parts department to rebuild their cars from the ground up. You should go and work for a main dealer where there are more opportunities to get yourself a criminal record.:pac:

El Guapo!

ejmaztec wrote: »

I've seen garages where employees have nicked enough stuff from the parts department to rebuild their cars from the ground up. You should go and work for a main dealer where there are more opportunities to get yourself a criminal record.:pac:

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

galwayrush

I'm the boss, keep the ideas coming, so i'll know what to look out for and act accordingly.;)

uriah

galwayrush wrote: »

I'm the boss, keep the ideas coming, so i'll know what to look out for and act accordingly.;)

I am a public-service worker and I have no time to think of 'getting away with' anything. Going online (for personal reasons) during working hours? You must be joking! Where would you find the time?
As for stealing from an employer - I cannot believe that it is common practice.

Always amazes me when I read over discussions on this and another forum to notice the number of people posting while at work.
Does anybody have a conscience anymore?

sneakerfreak

what is this job you speak of?

sneakerfreak

uriah wrote: »

As for stealing from an employer..i do not believe that it is common practice.

I am a public-service worker and I have no time to think of 'getting away with' anything. Going online (for personal reasons) during working hours? You must be joking! Where would you find the time?

Always amazes me when I read over discussions on this and another forum to notice the number of people posting while at work.
Does anybody have a conscience anymore?

LMAO

Overheal

Posting on boards?

This is only my 2nd day. I really should be on the e-learning program. Oh well.

Fizman

uriah wrote: »

I am a public-service worker and I have no time to think of 'getting away with' anything. Going online (for personal reasons) during working hours? You must be joking! Where would you find the time?
As for stealing from an employer - I cannot believe that it is common practice.

Always amazes me when I read over discussions on this and another forum to notice the number of people posting while at work.
Does anybody have a conscience anymore?

Because everybody knows that those in public-service positions damn near break their balls every minute of every day for their country! :rolleyes:

ejmaztec

uriah wrote: »

I am a public-service worker and I have no time to think of 'getting away with' anything. Going online (for personal reasons) during working hours? You must be joking! Where would you find the time?
As for stealing from an employer - I cannot believe that it is common practice.

Always amazes me when I read over discussions on this and another forum to notice the number of people posting while at work.
Does anybody have a conscience anymore?

Because we employ the government and they steal from us, it's only natural for people to steal everything that they can from their own employers. That's why things are bolted down.

uriah

Fizman wrote: »

Because everybody knows that those in public-service positions damn near break their balls every minute of every day for their country! :rolleyes:

And I thought private-sector workers worked under great stress and risked being fired for being unproductive or dishonest.
Seems we were both wrong.

This public service worker and colleagues work when they are supposed to be working - sometimes running over into lunch-time as well.

And they do not send private emails or post on discussion boards during working hours. And I have never stolen anything from my employer.
I doubt if many people do.

I thought that was the way things were supposed to be?

robbie_998

ejmaztec wrote: »

Because we employ the government and they steal from us, it's only natural for people to steal everything that they can from their own employers. That's why things are bolted down.

only for that their would be a few extra computers lying around the house :rolleyes:

javaboy

ejmaztec wrote: »

I've seen garages where employees have nicked enough stuff from the parts department to rebuild their cars from the ground up.

One piece at a time?

January

Sweet FA, no internet access, no email access... and I work on a computer... no personal calls. Have to ask to go the toilet or for a smoke... oh the joys of working in a call centre...

Steo46

We have 5 minute work breaks every 2 hours. The rest of the time is spent surfing and drinking tea.

Adyx

niallon wrote: »

When I was working in a pub many moons ago on a particularly quiet night I can recall serving about three customers then spending the rest of the night drinking and smoking. With the pub actually empty for the last half hour of opening hours we were playing pool for the remainder of the night. I miss the pub.

Pub I used to work in was dead all week until Thursdays. I would open up at around 3:30 and literally have no customers until closing at 11:30. Spent the entire time playing pool with whoever was working in the off-licence, going to the shop and watching The Simpsons on a big screen.