New Game Location: Work
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Bloodstone Press
Explorer
Several years ago I worked at a lab that was eventually closed down. The last 3 moths we were there, it was a lot of sitting around with nothing to do. So a few other gamers and I would go down to the conference room and game for the whole shift. We had a big table, nice chairs, a breakroom just down the hall. It was the best job ever.
astralpwka
www.khanspress.com
Where I work there are three of us who work in the area. The first one who gets there gets to pick what he wants to do, so I get there about 10 minutes early and take the easiest. I get my checks in, watch for problems, and normally have out my pocketpc or a notebook and write most of the day. I also carry a radio, and everything is monitored electronically in a control room that notifies me of anything I miss.
Besides.. this keeps me from taking long breaks.
Besides.. this keeps me from taking long breaks.
Majoru Oakheart
Adventurer
This reminds me a lot of what I was doing at my job. I work doing tech support. I was on the midnight shift. Almost all the calls that we'd take would be concentrated in the first hour and last hour of our shift, giving us about 5-6 hours of sitting around doing nothing some nights.
I never gamed with my coworkers, as they wouldn't have liked it. I did play a lot of MMORPGs though, mostly City of Heroes. If a customer called, I'd immediately stop playing and would often get myself killed in the game because of it. Still, I didn't care, it was great to have something to occupy the multiple hours of time I had free.
Of course, I was discovered by a manager who dropped by much earlier than they normally do and told that since they couldn't trust me to do my job, I'd be moved to the day shift. So, instead, I spend all day long posting here and hiding this web page from any managers who walk past.
Not sure if there is a lesson here at all...other than...don't get caught.
I never gamed with my coworkers, as they wouldn't have liked it. I did play a lot of MMORPGs though, mostly City of Heroes. If a customer called, I'd immediately stop playing and would often get myself killed in the game because of it. Still, I didn't care, it was great to have something to occupy the multiple hours of time I had free.
Of course, I was discovered by a manager who dropped by much earlier than they normally do and told that since they couldn't trust me to do my job, I'd be moved to the day shift. So, instead, I spend all day long posting here and hiding this web page from any managers who walk past.
Not sure if there is a lesson here at all...other than...don't get caught.
Patman21967
First Post
How about this message......Do your freaking job....LOL
rushlight
Roll for Initiative!
When I was a manager at Laser Quest (a laser-tag game) here in Nashville, we'd LARP Vampire. The entire staff played, as we worked! In fact, the job was made part of the game. Keeping the Masqurade up also meant keeping the customers from knowing what was going on.
It was quite cool. Many vampires met their deaths in the blacklit maze while lasers flashed all around. Since the job consisted of mainly wandering around keeping an eye on people, it was nearly seamless to mix in the game.
It was quite cool. Many vampires met their deaths in the blacklit maze while lasers flashed all around. Since the job consisted of mainly wandering around keeping an eye on people, it was nearly seamless to mix in the game.
astralpwka
www.khanspress.com
rushlight-
This is off topic, but I see the fnord!
This is off topic, but I see the fnord!
