How I Skive Off WorkAdmit it. No one does any work these days. It's all looking at crappy websites with your thumb hanging over alt tab incase the boss walks over. Tell us your best methods of skiving, and any resultant incidents. (Maybe your slacking off has got someone sacked, or resulted in a large scale industrial accident.)
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rob, Wed 27 Apr 2005, 15:53)
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It's a lock in!I worked in an architectural masonry factory in my late teens/early 20's and one of the common skives was to extend one's 15 minute break by nipping to the bog with the paper, ten minutes or more beforehand.
Because everyone else would have the same idea, and there was only one trap in said convenience, we'd throw an old boot at the door, making the occupant jump.
On one day where I was having a 'break extension', the boot hit the door as expected, only it knocked the latch down on the outside (prevents burglars getting in through the toilet, you see), trapping me in there over break!
One one occasion, someone threw a metal bar at the door, embedding in it and knocking a large hole in it. He was sacked for damaging company property.
(, Sat 30 Apr 2005, 15:00, Reply)
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