Plum Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Help before I go crazy. I'm working lots of 8am to 6pm sitting at desk triaging referrals and it's really busy all day. I hit a low point in the afternoons when we run out of chocolate. So far tried imaginery line you have to step over or creep under to get to the photocopier and drawing each other . Any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 What about office bingo? You write a list of key words that you want to get and mark them off when you hear/see/read them We used to play this when we had a boss that used to use all the typical 'motivational' phrases you know, the 'singing from the same hymn sheet whilst having a ball park figure so we can hit the ground running....and so on Is it worth a try Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Good one! Lots of those in the NHS that's tomorrow sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I would have thought that the chocolate running out is part of the problem. You need food with energy to keep you going, not sugar to peak you. Boring I know, games would be more fun, but I can't bear that 2pm 'slump'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 It's easy food and always some around that's why I am rotund. Don't snack at home on baddies at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 In between phone calls. We once bought a load of those whistle lollipops & di our version of Bohemiem Rhapsody! Extremely funny! Do a bit of origami / make paper planes. Paperclip bracelets, ruber band balls. Make one of those silly folded paper choice gamey things, where you put your fingers in & open & close it. Pick a number, pick a colour..bla bla & read your forfeit. Stuff malteasers in your mouth & read a serious piece of poetry. They look very funny stuffed under your top lip! Malteaser table top football is fun. Fish flapping. Make a paper fish & use whatever in the office to flap it from one end to the other. Rock, paper, scissors. Gargling a song. Impressions.. Been there done it all Plum..thank god those days are over! Although me & hubby do still do silly stuff here together. Emma.x Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Swap the G and H over on someones keyboard when they leave the room, it needs to be someone who can touch type. You can merrily watch them slowly lose their mind over the space of about a week Very subtle and VERY funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 When I was last in the office (9 years ago!) we debated replacing the water in the watercooler with vodka but decided it was a bit expensive. A shame that faxes are now all but redundant - tried positioning ours next to the shredder to cut down on work! Just meant that we had to keep on emptying the shredder far more often! You could try photocopying things with the lid up (NOT bottoms!) -so that the light gets in- and getting everyone else to guess what it is! Oh dear, will be back in the world of work when YS starts school FT next Sept...am SO looking forward to it!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 wicked Tasha but I think you mean can't touch type. I turned the writing on a screen upside down once, that was good for a laugh. Love the other ideas, some more achievable than others!! enjoy your time off Soapdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonFamily Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I miss office games so much two of my favourite were ) Humming a song.....very simple each player chose 1 song each and points were awarded the more people you got humming the song (obviously without letting them know) ....London bridge is falling down one so easily...... ) My other was drawing up a list of things to do with points awarded for each one....silly things like standing up everytime to answer the phone, walking like a crab across the office,.....swapping people photos on the desk and seeing how long they took to notice or ultimate points used to be to walk along the office do a cart wheel and just keep walking...... Sometimes I miss those days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 wicked Tasha but I think you mean can't touch type. no. its funnier with someone who CAN touch type as they do it all so automatically, they slow down and slow down then start to go a little stir crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 wicked Tasha but I think you mean can't touch type. no. its funnier with someone who CAN touch type as they do it all so automatically, they slow down and slow down then start to go a little stir crazy But, if they can touch type, they dont look at the keyboard, so it doesn't matter where the keys are as long as the correct letters come up. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Does anyone actually do any WORK at work these days?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Does anyone actually do any WORK at work these days?? WORK? WORK?! What is this 'work' that you speak of?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Mr Griffin & his colleagues get crafty with cups and spoons I've been trying hard to find the photo of his ex-colleague Spike wearing a robot costume they made from empty printer paper boxes but it seems to have vanished They also amuse each other with Photoshopping Here is Mr Griffin working very very hard indeed. As David Brent: Grrrrrrr Photobucket has changed how to edit the size of photos. On my computer they're looking too big despite my best efforts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 The faces of the two watching say it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Edited.... I am an idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 You nut, they've been playing the game on you . You can change the keys as much as you like, it's the position of the keys not what's printed on them, try it. I know what you mean though, I touch type and if you ask me where a key is I'd scratch my head it's so automatic. I have to look at the numbers though, so you could move them all one to the left and I'd go immediately crazy Anyroad I've swapped the G and H on one! roll on monday I wonder if you can change the configuration of the keyboard to abcd instead of qwerty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 If you use a word processor you can set up autocorrect. It allows you to type in the initials of a word and it will then automatically correct those initials to the full sentence. This is really handy if you type a long and difficult sentence out a number of times in a letter. I know someone who used to work in a school with a crazy long name, and she set this up so she only typed in 4 letters Anyway...key words...change one to something silly It's amusing, but terribly frustrating Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Darn it! Oddly it does work best with touch typers though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Good to see Mr Griffin with his back to the wall, shoulder to the wheel, nose to the grindstone etc Does his office have any vacancies? Having spent 8 years at home with children I am now quite good at whipping up costumes outof old boxes, elastic bands and odd bits of paper!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 No it's hell on Earth there at the moment, it has been for some time. The team of 14 server analysts now consists of just him and one other bloke. Same amount of work as 14 did, no extra pay or thanks. I suspect within the next 12 months he'll be looking for another job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 @ Mr Griffin!!!! Ah well, these are some of the things we used to do. Have wheely chair races. Best ones are aimed at individuals though. Remove all the staples and leave a ransom note in it's place. Also replace box of staples with an empty one and say, no staples till you give me a choccy. Eat a jam doughnut without licking your lips. It's a pity microfiche are now obsolete - they were great for putting teeny dead flies in, line it up and wait for the sucker to turn the machine on and wait for the scream. Chuck a loo roll over the top of the loo door (make sure it's not a new one as they are a bit heavy on the head) and wait to hear scream and run. Take the fuse out of a plug of a fan and watch while they try to make it work by shoving pens into the blades to help it turn. Swap pencils over with blunt ones. Plum if you are at the National, I'll give you some chewing gum to lick the wrappers and stick on your foreheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 so you're trying that look again. You must have been a nightmare to work with, I'd have loved it. g &h swop backfired on me. Got in the office and a trainer from The Trust came and sat at the computer, that took a bit of disaster avoidance Our admin put tissue in their clean cups overnight hence some holepunch trimmings have been added to one. I do a responsible job - honestly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hole punch confettea - brilliant! They used to call me Moggy because I used to meow at the security door. Well the buzzer always made us all jump, and the cashier near the door could see so pointless buzzing. Customers used to laugh and crack jokes about it! Thems were good days. Er, when I left I was expecting number one son, so they mummified me with loo rolls! One lady said "payback time for all these years young lady!" The lady I used to pester most was one that "Ooops, word censored!"ody really liked, but I got on all right with her - we still write to each other which is so nice. Also rang a guy in securities to tell him that his holiday hotel had been double booked and when he went ballistic I had to hide my laughing by pretending to cry! That was at another girl's request - she then held the phone and said to him "remember I told you I'd get you back?" He didn't know it was me, yet I thought he'd recognised my voice! Oh and we used to get chased after the microfiche pranks. Ooooh I almost forgot, one of the girls brought in a hedgehog, so when she popped out to lunch I hung a noose around it and dangled it from the bars! She was my partner in crime so laughed when she saw her poor thing hanging there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
