斷網時打發時間的十大妙招

[1]Pretended to work假裝在工作

"Well, you could just sit at your desk and go to sleep with a pen in your hand. "額， 只能坐在辦公椅上，手裏拿着一支筆打盹。

[2] Searched for cat pictures ... but not online找貓咪的圖片，但不是在網上搜

"I flipped through magazines looking for funny pictures of cats doing funny things."我翻翻雜誌，挑那些滑稽貓咪的圖片。

[3] Daydream做白日夢

"Honestly? Stare out of the window and daydream. I had so many more good ideas back then."老實說，(無聊時)就凝視着窗外幻想。回到辦公室後我會文思泉涌。

[4] Sent prank faxes to other offices向其他辦公室發惡作劇傳真

"We'd send a filthy

fax to some of the other companies. And receive some of the filthiest jokes and drawings back. Some of them ended up on the wall in the copy room."我們給其他公司發污穢照片，接着會收到黃色笑話或者圖片。最終有些就被貼在複印室了。

[5] Played Minesweeper and Solitaire掃雷和紙牌遊戲

"There was no internet but thanks to Windows 95, I played Solitaire and Minesweeper all day long."雖然不能上網，但幸虧Windows 95裏我還可以玩掃雷和紙牌遊戲，這個可以耗掉一整天。

[6] Invented and Played Office Games自創辦公室遊戲

We spent many hours playing 'shelf-ball。我們會花很多時間玩一種叫做“架子球”的遊戲。

Equipment:所需器材：

- Tennis Ball 網球

- Mailboxes 郵箱盒子

Rules:遊戲規則

- The ball must bounce 球必須得彈起來

- You get 1 point for making it in any mailbox球落到任意郵箱裏，得1分。

- You get 2 points for making it in a corner mailbox落到角落的盒子裏，得2分。

- You lose 1 point for making it in your boss' or opponent's mailbox落到老闆或者對手的盒子裏，扣1分。

- You get 3 points for making it in your own mailbox落到自己的郵箱裏，得3分。

- First person to get 5 points wins"最先積滿5分者獲勝。

[7] Read junk mail查看垃圾郵件

"I talk to my older co-workers about this a lot. You know all that mail you get -- magazines, trade publications, seminar sign ups, etc. -- that you just throw in the trash every day? Before the internet you would sit around and read that s--t."我常和老員工談起這個。經常會收到有關雜誌、商業報刊、研討會申請等等的垃圾郵件。你都丟到垃圾筒了？斷網無所事事時，你可以看看這些郵件。

[8] Took long lunches延長中餐時間

[9] Took more smoke breaks多抽幾根菸休息下

[10] Went home early提前下班回家

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