Leave me alone, I'm on meh
7Sometimes I have lots of shit to do at work, so I stick in my isolating ear phones and do my best to ignore the particular people who are always stopping at my cube and chatting me up about stuff I don't care about. They usually get the hint.
Sometimes I have lots of shit to do at work, so I stick in my isolating ear phones and do my best to ignore the particular people who are always stopping at my cube and chatting me up about stuff I don't care about. They usually get the hint. But sometimes they don't get the hint and what I'm actually doing is keeping up with the meh forums and sometimes it stretches into multiple browser windows (because research and shit) and I have to minimize all and hastily pull up something convincing that looks to them like work without making it obvious that that's what I'm doing.
I hate when that happens.
(Now go away. I have shit to do and I've already spent too much time cruising meh.)
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@DaveInSoCal Aw, thanks. To me that's like a double compliment. :-)
I am in the same boat. I spend alot of time when I should be working, instead I am surfing through the funnys here on MEH. If I don't get back to work I won't be able to fund my MEH habbit! Smile
I'm sure they know what you are doing when you hastily minimize windows at their approach. Don't worry - I doubt they think you are intently viewing a one-item-a-day website. They probably just think you are looking at porn.
There's no known 12-meh program for people on meh. Just sayin'.
@joelmw If you're using Windows 7, there's a magic "hide everything" button: click on the tiny square on the bottom right of the task bar- it minimizes every window so you can see the desktop.
@dashcloud WindowsKey-D works pretty well for me. I actually have a little foot pedal that plugs into a USB port, and when clicked, minimizes everything and pulls up a designated app or document, but I hadn't loaded it since I got my latest workstation, because I had genuinely been too damn busy. My big project is stalled and immersed in crazy politics now. And, of course, meh. :-)
@joelmw there's this really crazy idea to work at work......ah, who am I kidding.
@denboy I actually worked a recent Saturday to make up for the mehness. I came in today determined. Here I am. But I swear, this is just a "morning, while I drink my coffee" checkin. I swear. You'll hear nary a peep from me. Really. You won't have @joelmw to kick around (for most of the day, maybe).
@joelmw And the meh fast begins . . . . now.
@joelmw it's 1:45 central so you shouldn't answer this inquiry into how your fast is going. If you're reading this at work I'm very disappointed in your lack of resolve. If not then congrats on being less meh than expected.
@denboy If you replied this to me I would have seen an email pop up and I can never wait to see what someone has replied to me on meh.com so I would have seen it but not on meh.com. If I was @joelmw would that have counted as cheating on my fast?
@dashcloud That's not super suspicous, in any way.
@chellemonkey @denboy Okay, since we're getting serious about this, as soon as I posted my dramatic "meh fast begins" comment, I noticed that I had several notifications in my inbox. And I cheated right away. But then stopped. Much later in the day (a while after y'all commented), I did in fact see the email notifications and read the comments in gmail, but refrained from visiting the actual forums, which are the real time suckers. So, if you're a legalist, I'm destined for internet hell. Some might argue that I'm already there. But I feel like yesterday was mostly a win, meh-wise. Work-wise, I'm not super happy about how I spent my day, although it does have in its favor that it was mostly exactly what the boss asked me to do.
@The_Baron
@chellemonkey @denboy Also, my deprivation led to inspiration (I know from spiritual practice, that's how this shit is supposed to work), and I woke up this morning with part of a mad ape den for one of my all-time favorite songs. I did s'more of it on the train ride in. I'm going to request that you sing it, if it gets accepted, @denboy. And I have to say, I'm doing a fine job matching meter and even accent on the motherfucker. It might be a bit old for some of these punks, but I think it's still somewhat of a party classic, and maybe there are enough geezers at the Labs that someone will recognize and appreciate it.
@joelmw You'd ruin a MAD translation like that? You crazy
@denboy I've been told that a time or two. But not only do I think you could pull it off, if you don't, I have someone to blame. Other than @cengland0.
You know who spends way too much time on the meh forum? @JonT does. He doesn't even try to hide it. He's shameless.
@katylava His shamelessness was abundantly clear when I saw the dinohorse picture.
@hallmike that was actually @harrison, but some people did say we looked alike after he cut his hair.
And it's true, I browse the forums ALL DAY LONG.
The picture couldn't have been @JonT because @JonT is actually 10 people in a room all responding to forum posts at once
@JonT My apologies. When you posted that the pic turned out better than you thought, I just figured it was you. I need to take Thumperchick's class on stalking the meh staff to keep you all straight.
@hallmike she's outside my window right now, I'll ask her to put you on the list for next session.
@harrison Tell her to bring me some peanut butter pretzels, she always comes here after she's at your place.
@harrison Can you hook me up with some peanut butter pretzels? I can't waste time stopping at the store for @JonT's snacks.
@Thumperchick Afraid I just have trail mix and string cheese right now, snack-wise.
@harrison Is it the kind of string cheese that's been sitting in the drawer in your cubicle for a few days, or the kind that's been hanging out in the meh fridge? Not sure either one is ... oh wait,never mind, it's for @JonT . He probably doesn't care.
It really is a spurts thing. Today was a meh spurt. And for some reason I had a close call, I guess because I was still stuck on weekend and didn't have my game on. Most of the time if I am deliberately just internetting, it's in a single window well-camouflaged. Easier to do on two monitors, actually. And even with the stalls I can't afford to goof off nearly as much as part of me might like. What's funny is that when work is going well, it's almost too much fun--plus there's the thrill of the impending deadline. I dunno, just one of those days.
See, Joel, this is why I always keep a tab open with one of those ancient arcade games in it. My boss comes around the corner suddenly and bang, no big deal, one quick click and she thinks I've been playing Dig Dug.
Also, honestly, whether I'm working or goofing off, there are some people who interrupt me way too often with stuff that they don't need to. Like, seriously, boring small talk and/or work-related shit that I really shouldn't be their resource for. My cube is next to the candy lady's cube too. So people use my trash can and feel obligated to say something. As if I'm dying for the interaction.
I like people, really, I do. But sometimes they bother me more than they should.
@joelmw You're a better person. I don't like people. I especially don't like customers.
@Alien88 I actually like the idea of people more than I like most actual people, if that helps.
This is one reason I like working out of my home. The only distractions are from family members. And they don't care that I'm on the Meh.
Step 1. Get a bunch of screens.
Step 2. Open ALL the applications
Step 4. When someone comes up, just start clicking on something important, like a spreadsheet with a bunch of numbers and dumb formulas. "Stupid report, can't get this to work right. Do you know anything about Excel?"
Watch them find an excuse and walk away.
@The_Baron There's one guy in the office--a coder--who knows more about Excel than I do (and there are things I know that he doesn't). He'd ask for details (and he's the most frequent small-talk offender in the first place), and that would defeat the whole purpose. On the other hand, everyone else would just laugh if I asked if they knew anything about Excel. Which could work. So there's that.
@joelmw I searched quite a bit to find the perfect video for you:
(From a 90's kids show)
@dashcloud That is lovely. The pee-writing in the snow is a nice touch.
@dashcloud (Warning: A little violent)
@dashcloud that puppet needs to drink more water, I think he's severely dehydrated.