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Shinsou Vaan Osiris
12-03-15, 02:37 AM
So recently work has been busy, but quite draggy. I get bored with the repetition to be honest. That's when I find myself doing odd little things to keep me happy whilst I work:

1. Humming a soundtrack to a game in order of appearance of the music. I try to see how long I can go before I get bored or forget the next track. Monday I hummed the entire Sonic the Hedgehog 1 soundtrack to myself. My collegues thought I was humming Pink Floyd, strangely. Today I will attempt the Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack and see how far I get.

2. Sometimes I plan an entire thread in my head. 99% of my ideas come from sitting in work, humming Green Hill Zone to myself whilst watching Shinsou burn things in my mind.

3. Occasionally I go to a collegue's machine, print screen his or her desktop, hide all the icons and set the print screened picture as their desktop background. I then watch on in amusement as they attempt to click the icons that aren't actually there.

Anyone else have any strange quirks? There must be some fantastic stories out there...

#js

Hysteria
12-03-15, 03:57 AM
I do work :D

Shinsou Vaan Osiris
12-03-15, 05:04 AM
I do work :D

I do too. I just make it more fun :p

Hysteria
12-03-15, 05:39 AM
I'm boring, I tend to just chat to people in between work, or read news websites.

I've done a bit of pixel art back when my job was much slower, or even written some posts. Now it's too busy and I'm in an open office plan :(

EDIT:
Actually, a lot of the badges were made at my work.

Gnarl & Root
12-03-15, 08:14 AM
Too busy generally to waste time, but there's plenty of pranks going on, so you got to be switched on to avoid them.

I suppose preparing pranks is wasting time, but only when I have the time.

BlackAndBlueEyes
12-03-15, 08:18 AM
I usually spend all my free time at work on here, or on MTG sites and forums checking out mono green decks.

Cards of Fate
12-03-15, 09:47 AM
Sometimes I duck into the bathroom to dick around on here for a couple of minutes. Otherwise Im listening to music or having really butchered conversations in spanglish.

Storm Veritas
12-03-15, 10:11 AM
I work from home. I'm really busy, but when I get a little free time, I do whatever the hell I want. :)