I'm working a summer fellowship that I find to be very enjoyable. The first half is at a courthouse in Cali. They leave us in a room with our own computers and almost never check in on us (like once every other day.) The second half will be at a firm and I already know that it won't play out the same way.
It is tempting to read news articles and check facebook (which I have done so far) or watch an episode of the Daily Show (which I have done so far) or to even play multiplayer video games on my laptop (which I have done so far.) How much is too much? I mean, I'm not asking how much I can get away with at this particular employer, because the answer is A LOT. I'm asking as far as establishing a habit, how much do summer clerks usually screw around?
How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
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lisjjen
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homestyle28
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
Not that much.
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bostonlawchick
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
Damn. I'd be too paranoid to do that shit. Are you using one of their computers or your own? Although I guess if they really cared they'd block the websites.
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lisjjen
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
like I said, we bring our own laptops and they didn't make us load anything onto our computers or sign anything.bostonlawchick wrote:Damn. I'd be too paranoid to do that shit. Are you using one of their computers or your own? Although I guess if they really cared they'd block the websites.
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SchopenhauerFTW
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
Limit it to reading articles and TLS. Don't goof off as much as your co-worker and start watching every Beyonce video. 
Also, how's the workload? I'm guessing they really don't give you that much.
Also, how's the workload? I'm guessing they really don't give you that much.
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bostonlawchick
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
Reading comp fail on my part. That's what I get for goofing of on TLS when I'm supposed to be working.lisjjen wrote:like I said, we bring our own laptops and they didn't make us load anything onto our computers or sign anything.bostonlawchick wrote:Damn. I'd be too paranoid to do that shit. Are you using one of their computers or your own? Although I guess if they really cared they'd block the websites.
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lisjjen
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Re: How much screwing off is too much screwing off?
oh how the (high and) might have fallen. screwing off has a gravitational pull when they never give us work and never check on usSchopenhauerFTW wrote:Limit it to reading articles and TLS. Don't goof off as much as your co-worker and start watching every Beyonce video.
Also, how's the workload? I'm guessing they really don't give you that much.
