Are You Paid To Surf The Gc.com Forums?

[+tirediron]

Just curious... I seem to notice a lot of the same people posting at the same times every day. I am lucky enough to have a job which permits me a fair amount of latitude to surf the forums each day (Can you all spell "Government"? ) and I was wondering how many others do the same, either with the blessing of their boss or on the sly...

[+harleycache]

G-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t.

 

Me too, but I only surf gc.com during lunch (or, on rare occasion, when I'm running a spreadsheet and can't really do anything until its done).

 

They have no problem with the surfing, as long as it's on my time, not theirs.

 

 

Hey, #200, and I'm at work.

 

 

 

edited to add it was post #200.

Edited April 8, 2004 by harleycache

[+Team GPSaxophone]

...now if I just had wireless access on my PDA...

[+Team DEMP]

Who posts during the day - not me

[+kevmikwa]

I'm sorry, I can't post right now. I'm really busy with this thing for work.

[+clearpath]

I'm in sales, so as long as I make my quota each year (which I normally do) then my boss could careless what I do all day.

[+Team DEMP]

Of course, when I'm at home responding to work email or phone calls, that's ok?

[McKenzie Clan]

Just testing network throughput.... this is work!

 

[+Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma]

Your taxpayer dollars at work with me.

[+Kitch]

looks like a topic I bought up months ago....90% time doing one or the other and i'm not telling which one I do more....

[MustangPhreak&Phate]

Work, yup that's us! (although we usually lurk and don't post )

Hey, we do get two breaks and a lunch, don't we??

[+wimseyguy]

Always at work since I don't have internet access at home right now. But since I own the company it's OK.

[Micqn]

I'm with a lot of you guys. As long as i am getting my required duties completed, I am free to fly the friendly forum. (In stealth mode of course)

[Fakk 2]

I do but they dont know I do. Since when the boss walks by I run this little application..

 

Zig Zag

 

I used another one at one point though I dont recall the name and no longer run it, but it actually let me surf while inside excel, just a quick mouse stroke and I was back to my spreadsheet, quick mouse movement after they left and back to surfing.

[+GOT GPS?]

No computer at the place where I stock shelves for hungry humans, except for the ones that you use for the grocery orders to the warehouse. Time and Date of every Keystroke is recorded, so would be a bad idea. I would need a wireless internet connection and a PDA so I could surf at work. Dont think that it would be good to lug a laptop to the grocery store. Are the forums readable on a wireless PDA?

[Deego]

I used to look at work. But My boss has just found his first cache with a GPS I sold to him .

 

Dont think he has seen the Forum yet but better work a bit harder just incase

 

Brian

[+JeepCachr]

Are the forums readable on a wireless PDA?

I read the forums from my PPC sometimes.

[+JMBella]

Yep I'm here at work all the time. Fortunately/unfortunately I'm my boss, so I have to pay myself to be in these dadgum forums all day. I think I will fire myself. Hmmm... If I fire myself can I collect unemployment? That way I can get paid AND cache all day.

[+New England n00b]

I usually read the forums at work. There are stretches of time where I have the opportunity so I take it. Then I'll 'disappear from here' until near the end of my shift, and I'll start reading/posting again.

 

Easy job, 'meh' pay. I believe the term is "under-employed".

[+wray_clan]

It's illegal to use the computers for "non-educationl purposes" at our school. And I'm not gutsy enough to do the separate-window thing.

[uperdooper]

no computers at work that can get the internet without getting caught.

[timg]

Guilty

[Swagger]

I'm the entire IT department at my office. Part of my job is surfing the web, looking for utilities, software, hardware, etc. My computer wouldn't look right if it didn't have a browser window open...

 

That said, I don't hit these forums often from work. As for whether or not it's permissible, well, let's just say that the flow of spam or access to certain websites can vary wildly from person to person...

[+New England n00b]

Uh-oh.... Cruzin is a BOFH...

[+idratherbehiking]

I don't check the forums very often from work since I only recently started looking at the forums. I do check about 3 -4 times a day for new caches in my area to give myself something to do on breaks or after work. My boss really doesn't mind since he is family.

[+Fritz_Monroe]

Not government, but a contractor that supports the government. I can't do any posting, but I can read the forums. I can't seem to figure how or why they would do this, but our firewall will allow me to read pretty much any forum out there, but I can't post. Kinda odd, don't you think?

 

F_M

[+NightPilot]

I do it at both places. At work, I often sit around for 12 to 14 hours a night, just waiting for a call to go fly. I have to do something, and there is a non-company computer available, so I'm often on the internet. This goes on for 7 straight nights, then I go home for 7 days, which is when I do my geocaching, honey-dos, and everything else.

[+crzycrzy]

What ! Never !

(Now excuse me, I have to meet a deadline...)

[+Lone Duck]

I wish I could surf at work!

[+Nurse Dave]

I am NOT the reason health care costs so much! But I am looking over my shoulder.

[Swagger]

Not government, but a contractor that supports the government. I can't do any posting, but I can read the forums. I can't seem to figure how or why they would do this, but our firewall will allow me to read pretty much any forum out there, but I can't post. Kinda odd, don't you think?

Not really. Blocking posting is trivial if you're forcing your users through a proxy. There's always a way around any type of blocking mechanism, though, if you're clever enough and can afford the possibility of getting caught doing it.

 

As for the reason - you said that you're a contractor working for the government. If you (or anyone in the facility you work at) does work on anything sensitive, there's your reason. You could be posting gibberish to the gc.com forums, or you could be posting secrets to an enemy's server.

[+pater47]

No problem here. I'm paid for what I know, not what I do.

[+Ken243]

EMS- do whatever you want until the phone rings.

[+Geo Ho]

Not me . . .

 

Oh, wait . . . it's Monday . . . 11 a.m. . . I'm at work . . .

 

Whatever . . .

 

Happy caching and stuff!

[+RainbowCache]

I first read this thread on Sunday afternoon.

 

But I waited till I was at work on Monday to answer so I could say: YES!!!

[+briansnat]

My boss came by and said "Get out of the forums, or get out the door". Boy I miss that job.

[dsandbro]

Slow servers and several GB data files mean I have time to do other things while the numbers crunch in the background.

 

I already read all the technical papers and trade magazines on my desk. I'm bored with the on-line courses and tutorials.

 

What else is there to do?

[+flask]

i read and post during my exceptionally generous 20 minute lunch. which starts five minutes late and ends seven minutes early. then i'm free to read and post again when i'm done for the day.

 

it's MY lunch break. if i do not get to spend it as i please, i'm good fer nothing for the rest of the day. of course, part of doing what i please involves using the bathroom, which i do not get to do during the rest of the day.

[+The MacMedic]

Hey, I'm a paramedic. Hours of boredom where I can do whatever I want punctuated with moments of being busier than I can comprehend.

 

The MacMedic