Favorite Strategies to Avoid Doing Actual Work at Work on Gamedays

Submitted by Mhpangr on

So I've been sitting at work all day and have stopped pretending doing anything 'work' related for the past 3 hours or so and have been refreshing MGoBlog, Twitter, and other football-related sites for hot takes all day - also I'm so nervous for tonight I'm sweating. 

Currently in my office, screen tilted away from the doorway, and some paperwork strewn across my desk acting like I'm doing some analysis attempting to look 'too busy to be bothered' and headphones in listening to A Saturday Tradition on repeat. 

What's everyone's best/favorite way to avoid looking like you're working on big sports days like this or do you just take a sick day and say 'eff it'?

IncrediblySTIFF

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^

I have an important deadline at 1pm tuesday and am not working tomorrow.

 

This is around the time that I start to tag <Ignore()> on unit tests that break and lI skip steps 2 and 3 of the Fail Fast Mantra:



1. Make it Work

2. Make it Right

3. Make it Fast

4. ??

5. Profit

 

 

Tate

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^

Instead of having to constantly refresh twitter, use tweetdeck: https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

I have dual monitors at my desk, montior 1 is visible to all that walk by, monitor 2 is semi-hidden. 

Monitor 1 has about 3 different pdfs, 2 spreadsheets, a word document and Outlook open scattered around the screen - so a lot is going on. Monitor 2 has two Google Chrome tabs open - Tweetdeck and MGoBlog.

ijohnb

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^

work on the Penske file. 

In actuality, the good thing about college football is that the day before, or in this case the day of the game, are usually days where not a whole lot is getting done anyway.  On any given Friday (In this case thursday due to holiday), my productively and the productivity in my office is down anyway so it really doesn't make much of a difference.

Mr. Owl

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^

I am working from 3-11 this evening.



I thought I would be fine, as I normally am the only one in my department after 5p & the work slows to the point where 9/10 of the time I am pretty much left alone.  If there is anything to fix, I take care of it.  (I also don't have cable at home.  At work where there is a nice little television in front of me with DirecTV.)



So they bumped a coworker to full time for this expansion we are doing and to get him hours they have him working with me tonight.  Ok.  It gives me someone to do the work if need be.  He'd be cool with it.  Yay!

Then they schedule a new guy to train from 7-11.  I am now faced with having to train somebody while the game is on.  Should have taken the day off.

UMAmaizinBlue

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^

Knows that I'm not to be relied upon for anything even remotely important and/or time-sensitive within 1 day of gameday on either end. I've made sure to make this clear in my interviews for any job. I'm sure I've missed out on a lot of jobs because of it, but the jobs I've had were very football friendly.

74polSKA

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^

I just do the same things I do when avoiding work every other day! I love having a job with no accountability. I actually hate it, but I'm trying to be positive today because Harbaugh!! Plus Brady is free at last. A good day to be Blue.

bluebyyou

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^

Reading the Brady decision took a couple of hours.

Then there is the MGoblog content....glad I got up at 5 and started working.  Billable hours after 10 AM zero, and little chance of getting more work done today.

Are you ready for some football?  Bet your ass I am.....Go Blue!!

HarBoSchem

September 3rd, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^

since I decided at 35 to go back to school full-time, I am going to procrastinate on these two papers and lab report! There's always tomorrow, right? I can't focus on anything but Michigan football!

jmgoblue83

September 3rd, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^

I just have to say there's nothing I enjoy more than the optimism and genuine excitement in this post. After the past 7 years it really does feel like the fan base is "coming out of the womb."
As for your question I'm not sure I've done one thing remotely productive other than make a shopping list to pick up on my lunch break for tonight.

KSmooth

September 3rd, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^

Me? I'm actually working, for the most part. As long as I can get out of here by 6 or so I should be in front of my TV by kickoff. So I'm checking the blog every now and then, otherwise I'm keeping things going so I can walk out when I really need to.