Career Slacking Tips Career Slacking Tips This website helps out those in the corporate workforce who don't like their job. i.e The majority of Americans. Brad offers tips and experiences showing how to live the life of a slacker. Articles
Brad is alive and well
2007-09-07 02:55:00 Hello all– Sorry to have dropped off of the face of earth for a few months. I did go on vacation…permanently. Yes, that’s right, they found out about the blog and fired me. FIRED ME. One day, my manager stopped my office mid-post and asked to see me in an office…the corner office. ... More About: Brad , Alive , Well
Brad is on vacation
2007-04-06 01:32:00 As every good slacker knows, it can be a lot work avoiding doing work. Thus, I am off to South Carolina for the next 10 days to bask in the sun, play some tennis, and hang out at the beach. I’ve been blogging for just over 2 months so far and it’s been an ... More About: Cat , Vacation , Brad
Carlyle?s Watch Condos in downtown Columbus
2007-04-05 22:55:00 The other day, on the way back from Jack’s Diner for lunch, I walked past Carl yle’s Watch at the corner of Third and Gay Street in downtown Columbus. The signs outside showed that the building was open for viewing, so I decided to check it out. I love the look of the building from the ... More About: Downtown , Condo , Ondo
10 things to leave on/at your desk so people think you?re in the office whe
2007-04-04 22:26:00 It is always a good idea to leave something behind at your desk when sneaking out of the office midday or for an early lunch. One or two strategically placed items will make your coworkers think you’re probably around somewhere. Here are the ones I use: Jacket Open bottle of Pepsi Fake cell phone you don’t ... More About: People , Office , The Office , Leave , Your
Slacker Update: New York WABC news anchor Steve Bartlestein
2007-04-03 21:08:00 A week or two ago, I rewarded Steve Bartlestein with the much coveted title of Slacker of the Day. The past couple day I noticed an uptick in search traffic for his name leading here. After I little more research, I found out why. First of all, turns out that in 2003, he had ... More About: News , New York , C News , York
2nd edition of the Carnival of Slackers
2007-04-03 18:15:00 Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival of Slacker s! True to the name of the carnival, this was supposed to be posted on Aptil 1st, but I slacked off a little bit. And away we go… The Tortured Mind of Buford Twain reminds us Don’t be Number 1. Be Number 2. I ... More About: Edit , Edition , Lack
10 things your boss hates about you
2007-04-03 16:54:00 The Guardian, a British newspaper, recently published a list of the 10 things your boss hates about you. How many of the reasons can a boss hate a slacker for? 1. Lateness. According to the article, its not so much the repeated lateness that annoys our bosses–its the lame excuses we use. It is ... More About: Hate , Hat , Your , About , Boss
Huntington Park location: new Columbus Clippers? baseball stadium
2007-03-31 20:42:00 One of the main reasons I love where I live is that the new Huntington Park for the Columbus Clip pers will be built next door soon. It will bring a lot of people to the area over the next few years, and be exciting to watch being built. The levelling of the area ... More About: Cat , Baseball , Location , Stadium
Should I feel guilty about slacking?
2007-03-29 17:05:00 One question that others have asked me, and I have asked myself during my career, is whether or not I feel guilty about how little work I actually do in the office. Mostly I would have to say that they answer is no. In the early stages of my slippery slope down to ... More About: About , King , Should , Guilt , Feel
10 things I have done while on the clock.
2007-03-29 16:53:00 1. Taken a nap in my car. 2. Got a haircut in the middle of the afternoon and then went back to work–several times. It’s easy to do on one of the days when I don’t talk to or see a single person. 3. Gone in at 9:30 am and gone back home at 9:45 because ... More About: Clock , Have , Things , While , Thing
Slacker of the Day: Waukesha Wisconsin parking violator
2007-03-28 20:36:00 Sometimes it’s easy to delay paying off the bills for a week or two, but I still make sure everything gets paid on time. Today’s slacker pays off his debts too….it just took 27 years to pay off an old parking ticket. Better late than never. From Yahoo! news: WAUKESHA, Wis. - A $1 parking ... More About: Parking , Wisconsin , Park , Slacker , King
Reasons not to quit your job
2007-03-28 16:17:00 People often say that if you’re a slacker and not happy with your job, you should just quit and do something else you love. Yes, that sounds fine and dandy in a perfect world, but there are some good reasons to not quitting your job. Job searching can be a pain the ass. Something ... More About: Your , Reason , Reasons , Sons , Quit
Slacker of the Day: KPPX-TV television employee
2007-03-27 20:37:00 I saw a teaser about this story on the local Columbus news, but never got to hear the whole thing. Looks like somebody was a little bored or a little angry at their job and decided to insert some pornography into the nightly newscast. It doesn’t mention it here, but I believe it ... More About: Television , Slacker , Tele , Levi , Sion
?The Carefree Lives of Slackers?
2007-03-27 18:14:00 I recently checked out ‘The Care free Live s Of Slacker s, Not All Americans Are Working Hard To Get Ahead,’ a 2006 article from CBS news online, hoping for some good reading. It begins by talking about surfers who haven’t held steady jobs during their lives. They paint and photograph surfboards, just trying to get enough cash to ... More About: Free , Lives
Retail stores to spend your lunch hour
2007-03-26 20:18:00 There really isn’t much of a point to taking a long lunch or sneaking off in the middle of the day if you don’t have someplace to go or something to do. Often, I’ll have those days when I know that my manager is going to be in a meeting from 2 to 4. ... More About: Lunch , Retail , Store , Your , Stor
Responding to comments and the purpose of the blog
2007-03-26 18:46:00 No, i do not love my job. In fact, it was all over the news lately that the majority on people are dissatisfied with their jobs. I bring this up because I get a fair number of comments/email from people saying that I just need to find a job I love. These ... More About: Men , Blog , Comments , Pond , Purpose
Slacker of the Day: New York WABC news anchor Steve Bartlestein
2007-03-26 14:42:00 How did I miss this guy from last week? I totally feel for Steve Bartlestein. I would have trouble waking up in time for the mornings news too. It’s kind of like how I started gradually coming in later and later at my old job until I didn’t get there until 9:45 ... More About: News , New York , C News , York
My near on-the-job nervous breakdown
2007-03-23 18:16:00 The most frustrated I ever got on the job happened in October of last year. I had been using all of my slacker techniques to do the minimum amount of work over the course of three years. Unfortunately, it was coming to the time when management was really trying to groom me to become a fully ... More About: Break , Near , Down , Brea
9 games to play at the office with fellow slackers
2007-03-23 15:39:00 If you’re lucky, you’ll find a fellow slacker at work with the same goals you have. Namely, not working. At my first job I had one such person until she left for New York for a ‘real’ job. It wasn’t nearly as fun without her, as we had found many ways to ... More About: Office , The Office , Games , Play , With
US Bank gave me (some of) my money back
2007-03-22 18:28:00 Several weeks ago I posted how US Bank was holding on to way too much of my escrow money. Well, I finally got some of it back. Near the middle of February, I received a check for $250. While I am happy to see the money, I can’t understand why they still are holding ... More About: Money , Back , Some
How and when to call in sick to work
2007-03-22 17:27:00 Ahhh…nothing feels quite as good as calling in sick to work does it? Unless you actually are sick, that is. But really, that doesn’t happen too often. There are two types of days that are the best to call in sick. Either the days when you have a lot of stuff to do ... More About: Work , When , Call , Sick
An early escape through the elevator
2007-03-22 15:11:00 I recently received the following email from a reader asking for advice: Granted we can only slack as much as we can (which is why it’s not really anyone’s fault except those who allow it), but what can I do about the bank of elevators I have to ride to get out of my building that ... More About: Through , Early , Cape , Elevator , Escape
Strange and funny search results that lead to my blog.
2007-03-21 16:45:00 I always enjoy a blog post about strange search results that bring people to a certain site. Here’s some of the ones which have brought people here. don’t make my friend (4) — This one showed up four times in my log. I want to know what I shouldn’t make their friends. ... More About: Funny , Fun , Results , Search , Blog
March Madness Update (March Sadness?)
2007-03-21 15:18:00 Well, my bracket is pretty much worthless at this point. I only have seven left in the Sweet Sixteen. I picked Texas to go to the finals and Wisconsin to the final four. I’m not that heartbroken considering I know very little about college basketball. Still, it puts a big damper on watching ... More About: March Madness , Update , Sadness , March , Ness
Wake up and be on the road to work in under five minutes
2007-03-21 15:00:00 One of the credos of a slacker is to do things at the last second they need to done in order to enjoy your time as much as possible. I enjoy sleeping. Follow the following tips to maximize the amount of time in bed before making it into the office. Shower and shave the ... More About: Work , Wake , Wake up , Road , Minutes
Befriend the administrative assistant
2007-03-20 13:51:00 Good reasons to befriend the administrative assistant! (For the sake of the post, I will refer to the administrative assistant as a she. This is because of my own experiences) More than anybody, she’ll notice how often you visit the supply closet. She has very little knowledge of what you should be working on, and ... More About: Administrative , Friend , Mini , Trat , Admin
Time reporting tips
2007-03-20 13:39:00 Recently, I had a request from a reader asking how a good slacker handles time tracking at work. Fortunately, at my current job there is no such system. However, at my old job at Generic Bank, I was supposed to log all on my hours into a reporting system so that the proper ... More About: Tips , Time , Report , Port , Repo |
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