Don't any of you people work?

[Sindawe]

I work 2nd shift, and like mtnbkr a good chunk of my day is spent waiting for something to happen (like the end of transferring a 4 GB file at the moment).  Things are stable unless the head honcho breaks something.

I have been a layabout good for nothing ever since.

Ahhh yes.  Short-timers syndrome.  I love that.  Great feeling to be able to look about at all the blood on the floors, walls, ceiling and other operators and say "Gee, what a mess. Poor Jo." rather than getting upset about it.

[Matthew Carberry]

Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month, start the new one in a couple weeks.

I'm not wearing pants right now. 

[Fly320s]

I hope you don't have a vinyl chair.

[Monkeyleg]

"I'm not wearing pants right now."

This thread is definitely better off without pictures!

[Matthew Carberry]

I hope you don't have a vinyl chair.

I do, and I don't have to worry about sliding off. 

[crt360]

I start my workday somewhere between 5 and 8 am and end it somewhere between 8 pm and 12 am.  I have a computer in my office which allows me quick access to APS.  I check it out while I'm eating breakfast, occasionally during lunch and again late afternoon/early evening for a few minutes.  Sometimes, I accidentally leave an APS window open and it looks like I'm here all day (and night) when I'm really doing something else.  My job doesn't really have idle time - I have to create it (it's expensive, but sometimes it keeps me from losing my mind and going off on someone that may or may not deserve it).

[Paddy]

Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month,

'Excessive internet usage'?

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=1210.msg17320#msg17320

[Matthew Carberry]

More not choosing my battles wisely (I choose to fight ALL of them) nor thinking through to whom I am addressing emails criticizing (dumb) company policies.

I have all sorts of bad work habits in the line before internet usage.

[Perd Hapley]

And, he's ugly. 

[Tallpine]

OK I get it.  Most of you are IT people.

Nope, I write software.  That's different than IT.  The IT guys are responsible for keeping my computer running smooth 

Don't worry - it's not any s/w that you are likely to see, unless you work on jet aircraft engines.

If I start getting scarce, then you will know I got busy.  In the meantime, I mowed about a 1/4 mile of 12-14' wide driveway today with a walk-behind mower (grass and weeds a couple feet tall).  I also got our colt putting two front feet in the trailer reliably.  Learning to sit a trot bareback, too.  Yeah, I'm just a lazy bum. 

[Matthew Carberry]

And, he's ugly. 

Goes without saying. 

[tyme]

Nope, I write software.  That's different than IT.  The IT guys are responsible for keeping my  computer running smooth

You coders write the code that runs on your computers... if it doesn't run smoothly, whose fault is that, really?

[grampster]

Nope.

[wmenorr67]

I am in the military stuck in Baghdad.  My job is rather boring most times, which is good in my line of work right now.  So plenty of time to be on the puter.

[charby]

Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month, start the new one in a couple weeks.

I'm not wearing pants right now. 

Where does that line come from? One of the guys from my fraternity uses it from time to time.

[Matthew Carberry]

Got myself unemployed at the beginning of the month, start the new one in a couple weeks.

I'm not wearing pants right now. 

Where does that line come from? One of the guys from my fraternity uses it from time to time.

I don't know, I think I just came up with it.

-edit-

Nope, googled it.

It's from the Kentucky Fried Movie

Newscaster: I'm not wearing any pants. Film at eleven.

[Phyphor]

I hope you don't have a vinyl chair.

I do, and I don't have to worry about sliding off. 

Just...just...just...
the shear wrong of this...  I can't....


JFC!

 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

My job used to require me to be "on-call" at a computer most of the day.  Most of the time I didn't have any actual work to perform, but I had to be there just in case.  I was a captive audience.

Circumstances have changed and I no longer have that job.  I frequent these forums much less often now that the time comes out of my pocket.

[charby]

I'm in front of this computer pretty much all day. About 4 pm, I'll take a break to visit APS and THR, then go back to work again for a while, then shut the computer down.

I guess there must be a lot of IT people into guns, because traffic to my website peaks in the afternoon, then drops off in the evening and on weekends.

Derelict computers are just begging to be shot. Hard drive carnage!

[meinbruder]

Actually, this is a question Ive wanted to ask ever since wandering in to this termite hill.  Im self-employed as a wandering notary and its been a slower month than usual, bills will be a challenge next month.

Some days are spent within earshot of the computer waiting for closing opportunities; APS is my window into a rational world.  If one can call all of you folks rational that is.  <Maybe not fistful.>
}:)>

[Tallpine]

You coders write the code that runs on your computers... if it doesn't run smoothly, whose fault is that, really?

I don't write the operating system, nor the myriad applications (mostly Microslop) that we must use.  Neither do I make the hardware nor set up the network access. 

I doubt the IT guys know an "object" from a "for loop" - but they perform a useful and necessary task.  I was just pointing out that the two are entirely different occupations, regardless of the fact that computers are involved in both.

[Moondoggie]

Uncle Sam thanks me once a month for my many years of service.

I only drive my truck during a 48 hr period every week..600 mi out, 600 mi back.

Our nest is empty.

I post between bouts of reloading, lawn & garden care, channel surfing, banging around in the kitchen, taking a nap, or whatever else strikes my fancy 5 days a week.

Not only may I not be wearing any pants right now, I could be buck naked.  Could also be buck naked while I'm rolling down the highway in my 18 wheeler...there's no law against it.

No, there are no pictures available.

[Matthew Carberry]

What's the line from Seinfeld where he meets the naked guy on the subway?

Guy: "I'm not ashamed of my body."

Seinfeld: "There's the problem.  You should be."

[jnojr]

HTH do you get away with posting on forums all day? 

My monitor faces away from my office door.  I face towards the door.

[Balog]

"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..."

Awesome song Cosine; one of my favorite Sublime toons.