chiefbob81
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Reading about internal locks (IL)!
What Is The Greatest Waste Of Your Time
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Listening to politicians. Next is news readers.
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Waste time being off work sick with something or another, wait for open doc appointment , waiting room , wait in treating room , wait for prescriptions to be filled. Waste time on the phone with Insurance to correct a bill
ParadiseRoad
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Going out to buy beer. I'd far prefer to devote the time to drinking beer, but you've got to do what you've got to do.
pmosley
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Sleeping - wish I could get by on less...........
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Facebook for sure.
Standing in the middle of a room trying to remember what the hay I came in for...
gman51
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I have to say talking to people that have a totally closed mind is a total waste of time. I agree it is easier to fool a person than it is to convince them they have been fooled. Amazing how many people have been led down a rabbit hole and to their death never listen to anything different.
connecting with "customer service" when trying to get information or correct a problem.....
many companies have out sourced their "customer service" to overseas locations...........you cant understand them and they are poorly trained and have difficulty trying to grasp your requests.....
many companies have out sourced their "customer service" to overseas locations...........you cant understand them and they are poorly trained and have difficulty trying to grasp your requests.....
crankyoldlady
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Dusting. It's like stringing beads with no knot on the end of the string.
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Trying to have an intelligent discussion with most Millennia's. Trying to get my wife to shut the lights off after leaving a room. Trying to get the phone scammers not to call.
shouldazagged
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Spending any time with someone with no sense of humor. God deliver me from humorless devotees of any cause.
Anything I can laugh at doesn't completely control me.
Anything I can laugh at doesn't completely control me.
Righto! Bloody awful, that is!
nachogrande
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YOU CAN THANK ME LATER
GET A KEGERATOR they keep a keg cold/carbonated for a longtime & you can get some fine beers. If you have kids GET A LOCK for it.
Going out to buy beer. I'd far prefer to devote the time to drinking beer, but you've got to do what you've got to do.
GET A KEGERATOR they keep a keg cold/carbonated for a longtime & you can get some fine beers. If you have kids GET A LOCK for it.
joeintexas
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Trying to get any warranty work done with a voice you can't understand. Home warranty service policies seem to be at the top of the list. I guess they can talk at 200 miles an hour but my ears can only hear at 100 mph. Sorry, I missed half of what you said.
keith44spl
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Lately, gun forums...GlockTalk, FALFiles, and this one specifically.
vigil617
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The time I spend worrying about stuff I can't control is the biggest waste of my time.
Over the years, and so contrary to my nature, I have gradually been able to waste less and less of my time.
I'll know I've "arrived" when I don't give a hoot about much of anything.
Over the years, and so contrary to my nature, I have gradually been able to waste less and less of my time.
I'll know I've "arrived" when I don't give a hoot about much of anything.
BearBio
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I am a biologist. Greatest waste of my time is the admin work I have to do.
Examples: "Bloodborne pathogens training (I'm qualified to teach Microbiology), computer security (Taken the same course almost 20 times @ 5 hrs each), Privacy Act training (4 hrs annually), Diversity training (5 to 8 hrs annually), Timecards (Until recently, done electronically and on paper), Travel (even if required/assigned, requires 3 levels of approval, paper and electronic.) I was asked to account for my admin time and it came to 16 hours per pay period!
Examples: "Bloodborne pathogens training (I'm qualified to teach Microbiology), computer security (Taken the same course almost 20 times @ 5 hrs each), Privacy Act training (4 hrs annually), Diversity training (5 to 8 hrs annually), Timecards (Until recently, done electronically and on paper), Travel (even if required/assigned, requires 3 levels of approval, paper and electronic.) I was asked to account for my admin time and it came to 16 hours per pay period!
BearBio, I hear ya. Back when I was a working stiff, my company required its employees, one and all, to annually take a number of short, online courses with quizzes. Compliance training.
E.g., "Is it okay to bribe foreign government officials? a) Yes, b) No, c) Maybe." Or, "Is it okay to hit on colleagues for sex? a) Yes, b) No, c) Maybe."
Total waste of time.
Like everybody else, I'd let 'em stack up until close to the deadline, and then spent hours ploughing through them. I can't think of even one instance where I learned something useful.
My theory is the corporation made us do the "training" so that when an employee screwed up somewhere, and got fined or sued, it could say, "Not our fault! We told 'em not to that!"
E.g., "Is it okay to bribe foreign government officials? a) Yes, b) No, c) Maybe." Or, "Is it okay to hit on colleagues for sex? a) Yes, b) No, c) Maybe."
Total waste of time.
Like everybody else, I'd let 'em stack up until close to the deadline, and then spent hours ploughing through them. I can't think of even one instance where I learned something useful.
My theory is the corporation made us do the "training" so that when an employee screwed up somewhere, and got fined or sued, it could say, "Not our fault! We told 'em not to that!"
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