# What do you do when you are board at work? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779 "2002-04-21T05:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/1 "2002-04-21T05:04:18Z")
I take the pennies in the “have penny leave a penny, need a penny take a penny” dish and put them in cronological order. Then I stack them with the oldest on the bottom and newest on the top. I know… they aren’t paying me nearly enough.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/2 "2002-04-21T05:12:30Z")
When I’m board at work, I get on the Board. At work. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/3 "2002-04-21T05:20:22Z")
Good one, **Duke**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/4 "2002-04-21T05:20:22Z")
Well, when I had a functional laptop, I did the board thing often. I didn’t even have to be board. I loved the board. I miss the board at work. Nothing like it, when you are board. Now that the laptop has taken a dirt nap, no more board. I draw (I now bring my whole set of colored pencils to work) and I read. I read a lot. I draw a lot. (I have the kind of job where this is perfectly acceptable. There is a “babysitting” aspect to our job, so we all bring stuff in to do.) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/5 "2002-04-21T06:42:13Z")
I’m bored at work right now, and this is what I’m doing. Does that answer your question? Oh yeah, and I take lots of smoke breaks. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/6 "2002-04-21T07:11:05Z")
I’m currently at the first job I’ve ever had where I’m never, ever bored. I go in and start working, and I work like hell until quitting time, and I go home. It’s great. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/7 "2002-04-21T07:12:34Z")
Clarification: I’m not there right now; I’m at home right now. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/8 "2002-04-21T08:12:52Z")
I don’t get bored at work, because I don’t have the time. I’m always busy working. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/9 "2002-04-21T22:25:26Z")
I surf the web, go harrass my coworkers, or go read the local paper in the office library. Sometimes I read The Chronicle of Higher Education online, which is still working I guess since they want me to know what the hell is going on in the world. I ought to be cleaning my office, working on my dissertation, updating my wedding websites, or pursuing some research projects I’ve been pondering. But I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![hellokitty78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hellokitty78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellokitty78)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-are-board-at-work/104779/10 "2002-04-21T22:30:59Z")
When I’m bored at work, I leave early! Doesn’t happen too often. ☹ I also work like hell from the minute I get in, in hopes to get out BY quitting time. I love my job though.