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eslaine
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Well. I'm on break. What's your excuse? [Razz]
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Farmgirl
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On some days (like today) my job is just one long break...

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Noemon
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I just got done with lunch! You can't expect me to work immediately after coming back from lunch! I'd cramp up!
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porcelain girl
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well the head receptionist was sick today, so i had to cover her shift as well as mine.
that means answering these hellacious phones from seven am till seven pm [Razz]
so when i am not answering the phone or being accosted at the desk i am sitting at the computer with a whole lot to do, but since i can't leave the desk i can't go do it. hellooooo hatrack. heh.

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Waiting for a return phone call, thumb-twiddling.
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porcelain girl
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twenty six minutes left.

i can just imagine walking out to my car and getting run over. oh man, i would be so ticked that i spent my last twelve hours alive answering phone calls about cars.
>_<
even if i don't get run over i'm pretty resentful.

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Maccabeus
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I don't get breaks, at least not on weekends. I mean, I'm supposed to, theoretically I do--but I've got to finish cleaning by 6, so if I have to work nonstop at top speed all night to finish, then that's what I do.
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eslaine
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16 hours till party-time! (work hours, that is...)
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To heck with being a wage slave! I'm on salary! [Razz]

After a long hiatus, the department dart board is back in action. We played an exciting game of 101 this morning, in which I won on a double 1.

The dart board came down last summer when we were going through layoffs. No one wanted to give the director an easy excuse.

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