Cubicle Tips?

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Zholl

it's really hard to enjoy sending out pre-written emails and scanning documents into the system all day, which is 95% of what I do.

I hear you. All I can suggest, beyond what's been said already, is to try to look for ways to make it better/easier/automated - that is, go outside what's expected of you and make things more productive/efficient.

Do that often enough and you'll find yourself with a better job. You see, bosses like people who make them look good.

Oh, yes - the Nerf Darts are essential. Every week and a half or so, the entire office just explodes in a 45 second frenzy of nerf darts popping all over the place, like the simulated nuclear war in War Games. It really is a sight to see. They even make USB-powered remote-controlled Nerf dart shooters...

[EricH]

I don't work in a cubicle, but my job does get pretty repetitive, something on the lines of "Gas right, brake left, no bumping, stop at the red light, GO!" all shift, with reminder hollers at odd intervals and the occasional radio call. No headphones or books or games or things like that are allowed when you're on shift (and no, I'm not on shift right now). Or else you're shooting the breeze with co-workers for a while until a manager asks if anybody wants to go home, or until customers show up...

What's been suggested to help break the routine is a (warped) sense of humor. Find the humor somewhere, whether it's Monty Python or some wisecrack somebody makes, and that may help.

[rsisk]

Reading Eric's description of his job, my first thought was he is a test driver for the Autotopia and Disneyland

Maybe an interesting idea for a game on CD... someone describes their job like Eric just did, and the rest of us guess what he does.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Reading Eric's description of his job, my first thought was he is a test driver for the Autotopia and Disneyland

Maybe an interesting idea for a game on CD... someone describes their job like Eric just did, and the rest of us guess what he does.

Not quite. Come up to the I-405 and Carson and find out...

You're close, though. I do drive a little for work... *snicker*

[Molten]

Originally Posted by EricH

Not quite. Come up to the I-405 and Carson and find out...

You're close, though. I do drive a little for work... *snicker*

If they make this game, we need to agree no thread searching. And no worries EricH, I won't tell.