Archive for Archive for April, 2007
Slacker tip #29 - get paid while you’re at home
Do you have a badge that you can swipe to gain access to your office at any time? Live close to work? Then you can get paid while you’re not even in the office!
Here’s how I did it. At my last job, I lived only 5 minutes from the office. And I had a badge [...]
Slacker tip #28 - Find a bullshit job that pays you to be a slacker
When you go into a job interview it is hard to know if it is ripe with slacking opportunity or if they plan on working you until your fingers are just little bloody nubs.
Today I came across a blog that helps take the guess work out of that for you. You can start your quest [...]
Slacker tip #27 - how to fake being an overachiever
Nothing says I’m a kiss-ass overachiever like getting to work early or staying late. But who wants to do that?
You don’t have to! You can look like a hard-working, dedicated employee just by being sneaky with email.
Set up your email at work to send out automated email messages for you at certain times - [...]
Being sick excuses #6 - the stomach virus
This is probably the most commonly used excuse around. Why? Because no one asks for a doctor’s note for a stomach virus because no one goes to the doctor when they actually have one. The symptoms can include just about anything, and just by calling and saying you need to stay close to the bathroom [...]
Slacker tip #26 - the minute clinic
Don’t want to use my fake doctor’s note because you’re not a good liar? Or maybe you’re just scared it won’t work? But you don’t want to pay a fortune to go to the doctor to get a real note - go to the minute clinic!
The minute clinic is nifty little 15-minute clinic that you [...]
Slacker tip #25 - Access blocked sites at work
Want to access a site that is blocked at work? No problem! Just use Google translate, or another translation website.
For me, I want to check my email at work, but Gmail is blocked, as evidenced by this screen cap –>
So, I hop over to Google translate and key in the gmail website address under ‘translate [...]
Slacker tip #24 - Do the bare minimum
Everyone loves getting something for nothing, including your boss. If they can trick you into doing the work of two people while only paying you one salary, then they will do it in a heartbeat. That’s why you only should do the bare minimum to keep yourself employed. By doing this you will avoid setting [...]
Not working at work - 2 surveys
Office Team, one of those blasted temp agencies, recently conducted 2 surveys on the ‘problem’ of people not working while they are at work. The findings? That employees spend an average of 36 minutes each day doing personal tasks on company time. Managers surveyes estimated that their workers spend about 43 minutes a day on [...]
Now with even more ways to avoid doing work
Need some new websites to peruse at work? Look no farther, here are some of our favorites…
1. Earthcam site - Iespecially love the penguin cam at the NYC Zoo in Central Park
2. MyLot – get paid to have random discussions
3. Salon.com - some good reads
4. e-junkie Write an ebook & sell it online
5. Project Gutenberg - even more good reads
6. odd [...]
