Work Or Forums?

[+Kitch]

How many of you spend more time reading and posting to the forums vs. doing your real job while at work??

[+TotemLake]

How many of you spend more time reading and posting to the forums vs. doing your real job while at work??

Unemployed - so there is no work time taken away from my forum browsing.

[+The Weasel]

I'm about 50-50 depending on how busy it is.

[+av8tors32]

PhD student so I am counting this as "research"

[+Team GPSaxophone]

Are you kidding? I don't have time to post in the forums! I wouldn't get anything done! We only make computer chips, we don't get to use them!

 

Ok, ok...I work 12 hours a day, half of those are in the forums

[+ChrisCindy]

I work for myself so well...you get the idea.

[+Sparky-Watts]

I'm self-employed, but I fired myself for spending too much time on the forums, and now have to pay myself unemployment, so I get a lot more time on the forums and get paid for it, which is like when I was self-employed and spending time on the forums.

[+ChrisCindy]

I'm self-employed, but I fired myself for spending too much time on the forums, and now have to pay myself unemployment, so I get a lot more time on the forums and get paid for it, which is like when I was self-employed and spending time on the forums.

Man-Ho?

[ju66l3r]

I was 50/50....until you had to post this topic!

 

Now my whole day is shot...

[+rusty_tlc]

Actually my boss is quite impressed that I always know when the DSL router is down before he does. Gotta keep that e-mail moving.

BTW my stock reply when he calls to let me know "The internet is down." (That phrase kills me. ) any way he calls I just reply;

 

"Workin' on it!"

[+Snoogans]

I multi-task; my job is only totally demanding during periods of training, or in an emergency. My performance has not suffered in the slightest. To quote Dr. Stephen Covey, this is my "Sharpen the Saw" exercise. I'm totally on the table about it with my boss and the results of the activity are evident. (I lost near 50 lbs geocaching in 2003. Ok, I gained some back during the holidays.) He sees it as support. He's right too.

 

Heck, I invited my boss to go night caching right after he gave me my performance appraisal. He declined.

 

Sn gans

[+Kitch]

makes me feel good 2 know i'm not the only one then....

[+carleenp]

I refuse to answer this question for my own protection.

[+Renegade Knight]

I can whip out an amazing amount of posts on a 15 minute break. All of them an answer to a questions or an opinion on a topic. Fluff is difficult for me.

[+instep_guy]

as my current position requires me to train teachers in the integration of technology into the school curriculum (including the GPSr) caching and the forums are actually a way to enhance my job skills.

 

Is this a great country or what!!!

[+Kitch]

as my current position requires me to train teachers in the integration of technology into the school curriculum (including the GPSr) caching and the forums are actually a way to enhance my job skills.

does that mean you got to do a write off for your gps, pda, laptop, gas for caching? All research for work?

[+Imajika]

I can't read forums from work because we are always insanely busy. However, I stayed home from work today due to some family issues. I went to get lunch and bagged a locationless cache on the way. Does that count?

[+astheravenflies]

I'm out of control. I have to start disciplining myself, maybe this year. I have to maintain a certain pecentage of "billable" hours and too much forum play means I have to stay at work longer. But I'll sneak a peak now and again during work and try to save posting for when I'm home.

[+rusty_tlc]

I can't read forums from work because we are always insanely busy. However, I stayed home from work today due to some family issues. I went to get lunch and bagged a locationless cache on the way. Does that count?

Does what count?

[+instep_guy]

as my current position requires me to train teachers in the integration of technology into the school curriculum (including the GPSr) caching and the forums are actually a way to enhance my job skills.

does that mean you got to do a write off for your gps, pda, laptop, gas for caching? All research for work?

actually my laptop, GPS units (10 of 'em) and mapsource software are provided gratis to me by Project InSTEP. If I plan my caching trips and visits to area schools properly I even get milage!

[+Halden]

Variable.

[+Imajika]

Does it count that I took today off for something else and went and found a cache while I was running errands? Ok, never mind, bad choice of words! I thought it counted towards showing how addicted I am. I just reread my post and realized it really wasn't worded properly.

 

Imajika made a boo boo! Please ignore her previous post and pretend you never saw it. Thanks and have a great day!

[+ChrisCindy]

Does it count that I took today off for something else and went and found a cache while I was running errands? Ok, never mind, bad choice of words! I thought it counted towards showing how addicted I am. I just reread my post and realized it really wasn't worded properly.

 

Imajika made a boo boo! Please ignore her previous post and pretend you never saw it. Thanks and have a great day!

There are threads out there about how to tell if you are addicted to geocaching. Fun reading.

[+rusty_tlc]

Does it count that I took today off for something else and went and found a cache while I was running errands? Ok, never mind, bad choice of words! I thought it counted towards showing how addicted I am. I just reread my post and realized it really wasn't worded properly.

 

Imajika made a boo boo! Please ignore her previous post and pretend you never saw it. Thanks and have a great day!

I wasn't ragging you, I just didn't understand.

[Bobthearch]

Work?!? Why the heck would I want to go there?

 

Actually, I'm waiting on a project to start. Seriously, to answer your question, I can't read forums at work. Impossible. Yep. No computer. No internet. No electicity. Just sand and cactus.

 

-Bob-the-arch(aeologist)

[+sept1c_tank]

Although I have internet access and I work unsupervised, I'm the kind of guy who believes in responsibility. When you're "on the clock," you should devote 110% of your efforts toward achieving your employer's goal.

 

I have read (not replied) my email once or twice, though, so I guess I'm still less than perfect.

 

I have never even peaked at geocaching.com while at work.

 

Call me old-fashioned.

Edited January 6, 2004 by sept1c_tank

[+ChrisCindy]

Although I have internet access and I work unsupervised, I'm the kind of guy who believes in responsibility. When you're "on the clock," you should devote 110% of your efforts toward achieving your employer's goal.

 

I have read (not replied) my email once or twice, though, so I guess I'm still less than perfect.

 

I have never even peaked at geocaching.com while at work.

 

Call me old-fashioned.

If you would listen to that one voice and block out the other 9 then you would be able to do that ot work.

[+rusty_tlc]

Although I have internet access and I work unsupervised, I'm the kind of guy who believes in responsibility. When you're "on the clock," you should devote 110% of your efforts toward achieving your employer's goal.

 

I have read (not replied) my email once or twice, though, so I guess I'm still less than perfect.

 

I have never even peaked at geocaching.com while at work.

 

Call me old-fashioned.

Your old-fashioned. (ca ching )

[+pnew]

retired at 19. man this is great

[+Bloencustoms]

One need only pop into the gc chat during working hours to see a bunch of cachers chatting it up on their work computers. Lucky for my boss, I don't use a computer at work.

[Tahosa and Sons]

I'm on vacation till around April so when I'm not doing some other form of recreation the forums are just something else to do.

[+TotemLake]

I can whip out an amazing amount of posts on a 15 minute break. All of them an answer to a questions or an opinion on a topic. Fluff is difficult for me.

With a 10 minute flood control that kicks in everynow and then?

 

And about that flood control... What's up with that anyway?

[+ChrisCindy]

It is supposed to slow down spammers and such.

[+clearpath]

Well, a lot of times I work from the 'remote office' (home) and that makes it really easy to chat. It also makes it easy to catch an early 'sales meeting' (meet the guys at local pub for beer). And its kinda fun to sit around the remote office in your underwear, hair messed-up and talk to customer about their business problems. Thank God video conferencing didn't take off.

[+ChrisCindy]

Well, a lot of times I work from the 'remote office' (home) and that makes it really easy to chat. It also makes it easy to catch an early 'sales meeting' (meet the guys at local pub for beer). And its kinda fun to sit around the remote office in your underwear, hair messed-up and talk to customer about their business problems. Thank God video conferencing didn't take off.

Why? Because they would be in their underwear too.

[+hydee]

Reading the forums is part of my job, I don't know if that is lucky or punishment.

[+ChrisCindy]

Reading the forums is part of my job, I don't know if that is lucky or punishment.

Don't hurt yourself on our account. Your health is more important then the forums...I don't want to feel responsible for your punishment.

[+sept1c_tank]

Reading the forums is part of my job...

It pleasures me to know you're reading what I say, even if I'm not working!

[+Kitch]

I hope I never get in trouble for saying this...but the main reason I started this thread was hoping somebody was worse then me....

 

I just read all day long....I don't know how I get any work done at all....between this forum and my local state forums.

 

[+Sparky-Watts]

I hope I never get in trouble for saying this...but the main reason I started this thread was hoping somebody was worse then me....

 

I just read all day long....I don't know how I get any work done at all....between this forum and my local state forums.

 

Cool! You deserve a promotion if you can read the forums all day at work without being busted. What's your boss's name? I'll put in a good word for ya!

[+rusty_tlc]

I hope I never get in trouble for saying this...but the main reason I started this thread was hoping somebody was worse then me....

 

I just read all day long....I don't know how I get any work done at all....between this forum and my local state forums.

 

I can relate. I spent the last quarter of 03 working on projects nobody knew we needed. Now I just pull them out when the request comes through. As long as I have the answer when my boss ask's the question every thing is OK. I just pop in between e-mails and fixing problems anyway. Speaking of which why isn't the big machine running? Gotta go.

[+Halden]

Today, mostly lunch and Forums.