An Amusing Look at an Afternoon of Complete Boredom

Sitting at my desk, and every time I look at the clock it seems to be the same time. Three hours until I go home, little bit of work, e-mail, still three hours to go home. Days like this can be very difficult to get through, much like eating a bucket of rancid fish heads - it will come to an end but until then it's going to feel like an eternal struggle.

Lunchtime is meant to be a welcome distraction from the monotony of work but on a bad day can make coming back to work even harder. You are torn between the idea of a quiet lunch where you can appreciate every minute, or making the most of the time at the risk of it speeding past. Or you can just go home and not come back, this is frowned upon though so apply with caution.

Afternoons are difficult as you will inevitably be thinking about going home. If there isn't very much work for you to be doing, then this can only exacerbate the situation. Being busy is the perfect antidote to a slow afternoon, so I sit quietly praying for some e-mails or phone calls where I will be given a rush of important work. The phone remains silent and my mind begins to wander.

The internet is my saviour as at least I have access to information and news to relieve some of the horrific outbreak of boredom to which I am currently subjected. Office jobs are grossly overrated when you are at school, if you wanted to be a manual labourer it was discouraged but only experience will teach you these cruel lessons. I wish I was out making, fixing or breaking things right now.

The definition of boredom on my desktop dictionary is described as 'the state of feeling bored'. What useful information and so valuable to my development. Bored is described as 'feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity' and this sums up my current feeling. I feel both unoccupied and a lack of interest. I am bored.

You know that the day is going slow when you go to the toilet or kitchen in the office, just to waste a few minutes here and there. If you find yourself taking your mobile phone to play games in the toilet then you really are in trouble. I am yet to reach this state of desperation so will continue writing this article. Article writing is my therapy.

I have a bit of a yawn, look around the office for inspiration and another yawn before remembering the task at hand. This article will awaken me from this post-lunch slumber and set me up for a productive afternoon at my computer screen. If not, then maybe I will have to make tea again. That will kill five minutes.

There is still three hours to go. How did that happen? I have written almost 500 words and no time has passed. It may be an impossibility and you are my integrity will be shattered by this confession but I can't explain it. Three hours to go, like some sort of hellish eternity. Still, could be worse as at least my new hat arrived in the post this morning and Nickelback are touring. The world isn't so bad after all.

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