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Old 17-May-2007 | 01:13 PM
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pre-internet office jobs

what did people do before they had internet at their desks for the 6 out of 8 hours they were at their desk? you can only spend so much time in the washroom with a paper..

..seriously... did they work all day?
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:14 PM
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they probably played games on the computer. maybe walked around and talked more.
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:15 PM
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If they had computers.

Lots of paper work!
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:15 PM
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... i guess they did... spent alot of time on the phone maybe??

damn... that would've been a terrible life
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:16 PM
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... i guess they did... spent alot of time on the phone maybe??

damn... that would've been a terrible life
It wasn't so bad

Old 17-May-2007 | 01:20 PM
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lol brian did you find it tough doing complex calculations on an abacus??

Old 17-May-2007 | 01:23 PM
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lol brian did you find it tough doing complex calculations on an abacus??

^^^^^^^^^^^^ hahahahaha pre-historic pwnage !
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:27 PM
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Yep, I use to make them as my first job!


Old 17-May-2007 | 01:38 PM
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people used to do the same thing yall do now when your internet goes down...well sans the mobile phone msn and web browsing...toilet naps were key and smoke breaks...and back then smoke breaks were inside the office in the smoke room...oh and hang out at the water cooler
Old 17-May-2007 | 01:45 PM
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lol back then ppl smoked at their desks... there were no smoke rooms
Old 17-May-2007 | 02:33 PM
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When the internet is down.......its more of a reason to slack......

I go in the warehouse and throw the football around tho. Sometimes I grab my hockey stick and shoot around too.


I'm bored now and i'm printing off a whole **** load of jobs i'm going to be applying to.
Old 17-May-2007 | 02:47 PM
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dude it's all about the watercooler gossip.
Old 17-May-2007 | 02:52 PM
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our watercooler is beside the damn presidents office.

Small businesses suck.
Old 17-May-2007 | 02:58 PM
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facebookin girls in the office .. or should i say women lol
Old 17-May-2007 | 03:53 PM
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It wasn't so bad

lmao....lolol
Old 17-May-2007 | 03:57 PM
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Hey back then, lots more conversation happened
People actually knew how to spell as everything was sent via inter office mail
Jokes were passed around by fax
The art of writing was important
You did your own spell check...


The list goes on
Old 17-May-2007 | 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by Double_B
Hey back then, lots more conversation happened
People actually knew how to spell as everything was sent via inter office mail
Jokes were passed around by fax
The art of writing was important
You did your own spell check...


The list goes on
did you guys have to start a fire with wood and rocks to heat up the office when you first started working?
Old 17-May-2007 | 04:06 PM
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Yes, but we paid people to do that in beaver pelt
Old 17-May-2007 | 05:11 PM
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A person at my work who has been here for A WHILE said that she used to get paid with cash, in an envelope, wow! And, she used to smoke at her desk...oh i so would have hated that!
Old 17-May-2007 | 05:27 PM
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