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11 April 2006

What do you do during the last hour of work? I need to utilize this time, but my brain is usually mush. Anyone have any tips?
Feel guilty about all the people here who work 45+ hours every single week, which I rarely do.
posted by PinkStainlessTail 11 April | 15:56
busywork. Filing, catching up on work (or not) related emails. Looking for stuff in the lab that I had misplaced (ok that's maybe not you), Planning the next day,

(pay bills, schedule appointments, call people, IM with superheroes...)
posted by gaspode 11 April | 15:58
googling myself
posted by pieisexactlythree 11 April | 16:04
I don't really have set hours but...

- Organize/prepare for the next day.
- Leave early.
- Catch up on emails.
- Pubmed search to see if anything new came out in the same area that I'm working on.
- Mecha/Meta/LJ//./BB/Makeblog
posted by porpoise 11 April | 16:06
I'm doin' it baby!
posted by Capn 11 April | 16:07
I do nothing. In fact, I haven't done anything for weeks. My productivity is shot.
posted by pieoverdone 11 April | 16:07
This is the only time I'm likely to clean up my desk and organize.
posted by grouse 11 April | 16:07
Admin stuff - chaser letters, diary notes, file notes, etc. Nothing that needs too much concentration. Sorting out any files I'm taking home (if the next day is a work from home day), a bathroom break (essential, bearing in mind London Transport's lack of toilet facilities on any of its stations). The last thing I do before leaving the office is to check the Docklands Light Railway realtime monitor online to make sure I don't have too long to wait for my train.
posted by essexjan 11 April | 16:09
I post dirty pics of me on MetaChat
posted by Joe Famous 11 April | 16:28
Listen to the Clash and think about what I'm going to do after work (drink & wield a pitchfork in the garden--at the same time).

Okay, that's just what I'm doing today. And I'm also staring at something I'm supposed to be working on. I'd be looking at dirty pics of Joe Famous, but that'd get me fired. And not in a good way.
posted by elizard 11 April | 17:28
The last hour is my most productive time. That's when I think "man, I'm going home in an hour and I haven't done anything yet today!".

Therefore my advice to you is to do nothing until 4pm.
posted by nomis 11 April | 17:44
I mostly try to stay awake
posted by warbaby 11 April | 18:48
Yay! My boss just called me into his office... || Bunnies! OMG! OMG! OMG the humanity!!!

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