Ways to waste time in the office...
| Approach someone at work you don't know and say hello |
| Argue with a colleague about who is the best football quarterback ever |
| Arm wrestle with a colleague. |
| Ask colleagues to show you photos of their last vacation |
| Balance on one leg of your chair |
| Ask your boss for new office furniture. |
| Borrow a pen from someone in another office |
| Challenge a colleague to a plant-growing race see who can grow the tallest plant in three months |
| Challenge the office assistant to a game of marbles |
| Chat to a workmate about the book you are reading |
| Copy out your list of "tasks to do" again in a neat form |
| Create a new cocktail for the office Christmas party |
| Cry to get sympathy from a friend or your boss. |
| Dance around the office with a colleague |
| Describe to a colleague how you would explain to a child how a baby is made |
| Distort a picture of you or a friend on the company photocopier |
| Fall asleep at your desk |
| Fill in your office calendar with things you would like to be doing |
| Fill out the personal notes page of your office calendar |
| Get everyone in the office to swap desks to confuse your boss |
| Go visit your friends in the company and chat |
| Hire a fancy-dress outfit at lunch break and wear it all afternoon. |
| Imagine what you would be like as your boss's boss. |
| Inform a colleague about the difference between a zubra and a zebra |
| Laugh at old photographs of yourself and colleagues. |
| Laugh at your boss's latest demands |
| Lean back in your chair and look at the ceiling |
| Listen in on a private conversation |
| Look through last year's staff party photographs |
| Look to see if anything has fallen behind the radiators |
| March around the office like a Roman soldier |
| Peep through a keyhole at an office meeting. |
| Phone up someone in the company you do not know and say hello |
| Rearrange the office on paper |
| Rearrange the workspace |
| Refill your fountain pen |
| Refill your staple gun |
| Remove the chewing gum from underneath chairs and tables |
| Ring your own phone number to check that your phone is working |
| Run around the office as though someone were chasing you. |
| Run naked around the office. |
| Say "Oh, dear me" repeatedly |
| See how far down a chair you can slide before you fall to the ground |
| See how many different positions you can get your desk lamp togo in |
| See how many different writing implements you can find |
| See how many times you can fold up a piece of paper |
| Set a clockwork mouse off around the office. |
| Show colleagues cartoons of your boss. |
| Sketch your workmates when they are not looking |
| Sort out the rubber bands in the stationery drawer |
| Sort out used ballpoint pens |
| String together rubber bands |
| Talk to a colleague about your favorite schoolteachers |
| Talk to the office plants |
| Throw things at people from your office window (then hide) |
| Tidy your office drawers |
| Tidy your work area |
| Type an anonymous letter to someone and send it through inter-office mail |
| Type your curriculum vitae |
| Untangle the cords on your blinds |
| Untangle the telephone cord |
| Wink at someone across the room. |
