So, what is your excuse?

[Mikkel]

...for spending hours upon hours on KiwiBiker during work hours.


I've caught myself wondering, how so many people can be so active on a forum which for 99.99% of the population must be considered work-unrelated.
So, what is it?



My own excuse: Being a PhD student means my work is very flexible - it's my project, I set the deadlines, etc. Furthermore, I am at an engineering department so there's computers just about everywhere. Also, working with research there's a lot of 'Change a parameter, run the process again (wait 2 hours)' and 'Run a simulation (wait 10 minutes), change a parameter, run the simulation again (wait another 10 minutes)'... that and the fact that I have an addiction to procrastination (or pissing the time away as it might be).

[nodrog]

i just cant be arsed doing any work

[Colapop]

I managed to break myself this morning...

[EJK]

I'm addicted...

[marioc]

I quite often have no work to do and to fill in this time I do some web surfing.
Of course being a network admin has some advantages

[ManDownUnder]

I haven't been caught yet... and it's only been 5 years

[SpeedyGirl]

I just dont want to work! :woohoo:

[moT]

My doctaor says its good for me. If im not Racing or rideing i have to do something motorcycle related between classes at tech

[gijoe1313]

Hmm school ... kiwibiker ... lappy ... all too easy sometimes! Whoops! Must go! Things to mark! :innocent:

[Dilligaf]

Well my job at the moment is being a puppy walker. And the puppy is asleep.
Bless*

[chubby]

I only come on here as a break between doing more important things at work. its a break that allows me to freshen up mentally to tackle the next task.

Plus I'm addicted and its better than spending all day on a dating service

[megageoff76]

i just cant be arsed doing any work

Thats the one! although its been an extremely quite week, so ive got nothing else to do.

[more_fasterer]

It's better than taking an entire "mental health" day once a week

[Badjelly]

Also, working with research there's a lot of 'Change a parameter, run the process again (wait 2 hours)' and 'Run a simulation (wait 10 minutes), change a parameter, run the simulation again (wait another 10 minutes)

Yeah, me too.

But you know you could be doing something else productive during that time, don't you?

[Coldrider]

It is to get a life during a work environment, at the expense of theft of time and bandwidth.

[Lissa]

When I feel like a break or a bit of a laugh, or serious information about biking :crazy: I log on, but usually try to do this during my break or lunch time :whistle:.

[vifferman]

I only come on here as a break between doing more important things at work. its a break that allows me to freshen up mentally to tackle the next task.

Plus I'm addicted and its better than spending all day on a dating service

Summat like that...

I started spending lotsa time online in my last job, because I had virtually nothing to do, and if I hadn't spent all day browsing the Interdweeb, I would've gone mad. Er.
Unfortunately, it's become a habit, so I still spend time on here when I should be doing other shit. It'll probably stop from next week - we move into a new orofice this afternoon, and it may be harder to waste time on here.
I typically spend no time on KB outside of work hours.

[mowgli]

My boss isn't such a hard arse that he won't let us surf during lunch. At other times I've no excuse.

[Magua]

KB is my way of procrastinating about studying.

[BOGAR]

I only come on here as a break between doing more important things at work. its a break that allows me to freshen up mentally to tackle the next task.

Plus I'm addicted and its better than spending all day on a dating service

What he said

[mowgli]

Plus I'm addicted and its better than spending all day on a dating service
Been there, done that. I got my wife on TradeMe :laugh:

So now it's bikes and KB for me :niceone:

[NOMIS]

i just cant be arsed doing any work

Probally speaks for 90% of us. Im one.

[mstriumph]

because i need a dose of reality every now and so often from this 'joke' i call my working day

ah forget it ...... you are all having faaaar too much fun to want to listen to a grown woman sobbing :no:

[Colapop]

It the life of a minor for you!

[Storm]

Because I can

[fire eyes]

:spanking: hahahaha ... I don't come on during work .. far to busy for that .. cows wouldnt appreciate being left to ummm hang .. I log on before I leave for work at about 5 am.. ruralish town so not far to work .. then when i finish I log on and have my 'finished work coffee' lol .. I definitely come in daily plus say hello in the chatroom at night to all the friendly regulars ... no excuses .. its just my down time & my socialising time lol :2thumbsup

[tri boy]

Spank and MT have hypno.....hsymo....fucked with my head.

[Oakie]

I only come on here as a break between doing more important things at work. its a break that allows me to freshen up mentally to tackle the next task.

Hey that's my excuse! I've actually used it too. 'tis sort of true though.

[martybabe]

I don't do paid work,which helps with the KB twitch. But (she) watches me all the time man.

I put the radio on in whichever room I'm renovating this week and sneak off to the computer room.Or I run an extension the length of the house with the vacuum plugged in and turn it on and off from the computer room. :yes: But she still knows somehow," YOU ON THAT BLOODY COMPUTER AGAIN!" I'm quite scared of her actually....:confused:

[Maha]

I managed to break myself in this morning...

Really?... your talent is wasted you know that aye Col?

[young1]

To remind me why I am at work! And it is a useful distraction when I have people wanting to do surveys on the phone - how often do I get "Are you the person who makes the telecommunications decisions for your business sir"

[Mikkel]

:spanking: hahahaha ... I don't come on during work .. far to busy for that .. cows wouldnt appreciate being left to ummm hang .. I log on before I leave for work at about 5 am.. ruralish town so not far to work .. then when i finish I log on and have my 'finished work coffee' lol .. I definitely come in daily plus say hello in the chatroom at night to all the friendly regulars ... no excuses .. its just my down time & my socialising time lol :2thumbsup

That's not an excuse... Stop making the rest of us feel guilty!


I don't do paid work,which helps with the KB twitch. But (she) watches me all the time man.

I put the radio on in whichever room I'm renovating this week and sneak off to the computer room.Or I run an extension the length of the house with the vacuum plugged in and turn it on and off from the computer room. :yes: But she still knows somehow," YOU ON THAT BLOODY COMPUTER AGAIN!" I'm quite scared of her actually....:confused:

Is the "she" you're referring to in this case the skinhead bride or the queen of darkness? :scratch:

[imdying]

That's an easy one!

[martybabe]

That's not an excuse... Stop making the rest of us feel guilty!



Is the "she" you're referring to in this case the skinhead bride or the queen of darkness? :scratch:

It's one and the same, multiple nasty personality disorder. :laugh:

[Mikkel]

That's an easy one!

Calling XKCD is not a fair way to justify your lacking working morals...


It's one and the same, multiple nasty personality disorder. :laugh:

You're pretty lucky there then, the Queen of Darkness is also known under the name of 'The Seductress' so good on ya :niceone: