As you know, I started a new job this past Monday. Things are going quite well. Maybe a little too well, as it is now
Thursday and I have run out of things to do.
I have always been a bit of an “overachiever” (I am SO type A) and I
tend to get things done relatively quickly, especially when doing office work. As it stands, I have not only
mastered the daily bookkeeping duties I need to do, but I have also completely
cleaned out the storage room and reorganized the various filing cabinets. Did I mention it is only day 4?? I could sweep the floor but if I do that
today, what will I do tomorrow?
Bottom line is I absolutely hate being bored. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy days spent at
home with nothing to do as much or more as the next gal. But if I’m working a job, boredom is my worst
enemy. When I run out of valid things to
accomplish, I get very discontented because I spend all my time thinking about
what I could be doing if I weren’t
stuck at the office. Things like, oh I
don’t know...knitting. That brings me to
my next question...
How terrible is it to knit at work if you have nothing else
to do?
Of course I have my knitting with me. Of course I have knitty things I need to get
done (remember the ever-looming Christmas deadline?). But how bad a person must I be to sit here
and get paid for knitting when that is not what I was hired for? Oh how I wish that was what I was hired for. I feel guilty – not surprising since I have a
very active guilt gene. What a quandary
I’m in.
Even if I did pull out my knitting, it would still feel
weird. There’s no radio to listen
to. There’s no Netflix. The only thing I can watch is the CCTV that
monitors the place where I work and believe you me, there is nothing going on
worth watching there.
So I sit here and argue with myself over whether or not I’m
a decent sort or whether I am an evil, knit-obsessed monster. But can anyone who is knit-obsessed actually
be deemed any kind of monster? I think
not...
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What do you
think? Have you ever knit at work? If so, do you still have a job?
"... as much or more as ..."
ReplyDelete^Your brain is already fading from underuse.
Also. Knit. And watch CCTV.
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DeleteAt my old job I had an office, and I did knit at work. I always felt a pang of guilt while knitting at work, even when I had nothing else to do. But I still did it. Now I sit in a cubicle and the lack of privacy keeps me from reaching for my current wip. Even when I have nothing better to do. Instead, I draft future blog posts in my down time. If you can you absolutely should knit. You could argue that it keeps you nimble, which, in turn, makes you even better at your job :ÿ
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the argument for staying nimble! :) Wonder if it would fly with my new boss. Hmmm...
DeleteOkay folks, here's a sad update: I went and swept the floor. And cleaned the bathroom. And took the trash out.
ReplyDeleteOnly two more hours to go...