I really don't miss being in an office.
For those of you that do work in one, and work on PCs on a network where you have to log on when the screen saver kicks in, you can always have some fun on their expense. Accounts typically get automatically locked after three failed logon attempts. Sometimes it's just a matter of turning their caps lock on when they are away.
If they don't leave their desk and there's another PC available, three failed attempts to log on with their ID would still work. Places with sharper IT guys, or IT guys that care can trace what PC the account got locked on so locking them out on their own PC us usually the safer bet.
I can work outside on the street or inside an office in a depot with my job. I would much rather be outside up to my armpits in snow than inside. I need sunlight and human contact or else I get bored easy.
They give us guns. We resolve problems without violence. 
The thing that bothers me most about my coworkers is that almost none of them are passionate about an extracurricular activity. I've always been into cars, recently found wheel-to-wheel racing, and enjoy being able to talk to people about my interests. The guys I work with get off work and... cut the grass... or watch South Park... YOU'RE 35 YEARS OLD WITH NO KIDS AND ALL YOU CAN THINK TO DO WITH YOUR TIME IS WATCH SOUTH PARK?!? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
thankfully I do not have that problem. Most of my co-workers have some interesting hobbies. One manager (not my manager) is an avid cyclist.. we have talked a lot and he has helped me with my bike.
A lot of them are musicians (I do work as a theatre tech after all)
And a couple of car guys (abet v8 drag racers.. not my crowd)
And one guy has a new psycho girlfriend every week... might I add he is already married and hides this from his wife
Work is never boring for me
Around here if ya don't hunt, fish or drink beer (yea, their favorite hobby) you ain't much. A couple former dirt street stock racers were the BMOCs but the spectator/ race critics mostly dominate any and all racing conversations. Never complicate things like bringing up road racing... it only confuses them... and then they change the subject.
I never understood the need to talk about beer. A couple of my co-workers brew their own.. I understand them talking about.. and the talk is interesting.. but the need to talk about standard beer in a bottle?
mad_machine wrote:
.. but the need to talk about standard beer in a bottle?
If they are discussing limited release, bourbon barrel aged stouts or hard to find cascadian dark ales or other craft brewed things I can totally understand. If they are talking about that new high gravity bud light then I share your confusion.
