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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by vestmoria@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I read posts about people quitting jobs because they're boring or there is not much to do and I don't get it: what's wrong with being paid for doing nothing or not much at all?

Examples I can think of: being paid to be present but only working 30 minutes to 2 hours every 8 hours, or a job where you have to work 5 minutes every 30 minutes.

What's wrong with reading a book, writing poetry or a novel, exercising, playing with the smartphone... and going home to enjoy your hobbies fully rested?

Am I missing something?

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[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It gets boring as hell if you have nothing else to fill that time with. I work in IT and at one of my jobs there was literally nothing else to do if someone's computer didn't break. All social media was blocked, game sites were blocked (this was like 2013) and so were tons of other things. I worked in a basement so I had no cell service either. My time was spent figuring out what wasn't blocked lol

[-] beercupcake@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You were gaining exp in opsec by doing that :D

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

My cousin was in a similar position, he snuggled in a raspberry pi with FF7 installed and would play that in his downtime

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