Archive for Archive for January, 2008
I must be losing my touch
I really expected to get that 5:30pm call. It never came. Again I had planned my new freedom schedule. Yet it does not appear that I will be free. Â Of course, I think I remember reading somewhere that Thursdays are supposed to be the best day to fire employees. So maybe I will get [...]
Do you think I’m about to be fired?
As the complete slacker that I am I have gotten pretty good about knowing when I am about to be fired. Typically all bosses at companies of all shapes and sizes act in the same manner before it is about to go down. That’s why I thought I was getting fired last Friday. You see, [...]
Slacker tip #137 – volunteer to work overtime when no one else wants to
I hate working. I hate working overtime. But me loves me some overtime pay! Those paychecks are the sweetest. And they are even sweeter when you know you didn’t even do 5 hours worth of work that week, let alone more than 40 hours worth of work! If you have a job where there is [...]
Slacker tip #136 – always be prepared to slack
A good slacker is always prepared to be doing something other that what they are supposed to be doing. I try to carry a little steno pad and a pen with me everywhere that I go. This means that I can be a slacker doodling in my notebook in no time flat. This means always [...]
Slacker tip #135 – act like a spy
Part of being a good slacker and getting away with doing nothing is being like a spy. You have to know where people are at all times that could bust you. You need to learn to tell who is approaching by the sound they make when they walk. For instance, at my last job the [...]
Slacker tip #134 – post-its are your friends
Sometimes you get a job with no internet access. That sucks ass. I say that is time to find a new job! But sometimes it’s not that easy so you have to stay put for longer than you would like. So with no internet how do you get paid to do nothing? If you’ve got [...]
