10+ Bored Employees Who Obviously Had Too Much Time On Their Hands
When asked how he gets creative, a well-known author Neil Gaiman said that 'you need to find a place where you could get bored,' and then the brain will come up with something for you to do. And that's exactly what these guys did by finding boring jobs that would get their minds racing with the most hilarious ideas.
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When asked how he gets creative, a well-known author Neil Gaiman said that 'you need to find a place where you could get bored,' and then the brain will come up with something for you to do. And that's exactly what these guys did by finding boring jobs that would get their minds racing with the most hilarious ideas.
From bored engineers building architectural marvels out of Pringles to office photoshoots augmented by the animal wallpapers, these will surely give you some ideas during your next slow down at the office.
Have you captured what boredom looks like at your work? Then share your stories in the comments!
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#1 Box Of Pringles + Bored Engineer
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#2 When Workers At The Dump Get Bored
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#3 My Friend May Have Way Too Much Time On His Hands
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#4 What My Sister Does When She's Bored At Work
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#5 Getting Bored At Work. Made Mike Tyson In Excel
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#6 Office Safari. That's A Thing
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#7 Mechanic At My Work Got Bored And Welded This In His Spare Time This Week
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#8 Have You Ever Been Bored At Work?
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#9 Here's A Guy With Free Time
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#10 She Works At A High End Hair Salon, And Sends Me Photos Like This When She's Bored
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#11 Bored At Work, So Made Bowser With Post-Its
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#12 So I Got Bored And Carved This Pencil
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#13 Bored At Work?
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#14 A Project Manager From Our Office Is Getting Married, So We Decorated A Hard Hat For Her
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#15 Someone Has Too Much Free Time At Work
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#16 Saw This In The Office Today
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#17 Bored At Work
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#18 Some People Might Think We Have Too Much Free Time At Work...
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#19 I Get Kind Of Bored At Work
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#20 Today I Was Bored. Very Bored
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#21 Got Bored At Work. Decided To Entertain Myself
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#22 Have You Ever Been That Bored At Work?
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#23 Only Good Use For Cigarettes (Bored At Work)
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#24 Got Bored At Work... So I Made Star Wars Snowflakes!
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#25 I'm Really Bored At Work
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#26 Got Bored At Work, Had Some Spare Post It Notes
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#27 Was Bored At Work, Decided To Draw The Kanto Starters...using Bacteria
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#28 Soooo My Brother Was Bored At Work Last Night
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#29 Sometimes I Get Bored At Work.. Found Some Dead Flies
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#30 Milton Lives On. The Office Was Bored
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#31 I Got Bored And I Had Change So......
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#32 Lord Knows I Have Too Much Free Time On My Hands
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#33 Copper Wire And Being Bored At Work
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#34 At Work, Got Bored, Tried My Hand At A More Natural Ninja Turtle
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#35 I Was Bored At Work So I Drew A Picture
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#36 My Teachers Like To Pranks Each Other. I'm Scared For Their Job's
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#37 Work Was Slow
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#38 So We Made This At Work Because Yabadabadoo
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#39 I Was Bored At Work Today (Yellow Paper Clip For Scale)
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#40 The Overnight Cashier At Walmart Has Too Much Down Time
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#41 Important Business Meetings At Work Today
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#42 Made An It Throne Today At Work
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#43 Bored At Work So Here's My Signature
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#44 So I Got Really Bored At Work Today So.... Staple Flower
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#45 Bored After Work At A Banquet Hall. 2 Cups Of Salt, 1/2 A Cup Of Pepper And An Hour Of Tedious Work
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#46 I Was Bored At Work And Made This
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#47 Office Wars
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#48 So Internet Was Down In Work And I Got Bored
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#49 I Got Really Bored At Work Today
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#50 I Got Bored At Work, So I Drew The Belchers On Spoons
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#51 Sometimes I Get Bored At Work
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#52 I Get Bored At Work..
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#53 Bored At Work
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#54 I'm So Fricking Bored...
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#55 My Buddy Made This At Work
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#56 I Made This At Work Today
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#57 Bored At Work
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#58 Giant Rat! Drawing At Work Rules!
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#59 Sometimes I Get Bored At Work...
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#60 Things To Do When Bored At Work
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#61 My Friends Have Way Too Much Free Time At Work
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#62 Bored At Work Today
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#63 Made A Cardboard Fireplace To Lighten The Mood At Work
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#64 Got Bored, Built A Dinosaur
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#65 It's Been A Slow Day At Work
#66 Too Much Time On Their Hands And Not Enough Work
#67 I Don't Know Why I Drew This. I Get Very Bored At Work.
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#68 Bored At Work -- Iv
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#69 Bored At Work Today...
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#70 Bored At Work, So I Took This And Texted It To 5 Friends. None Of Them Even Responded.
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#71 I Got Bored Pressure Washing At Work
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#72 Truly Bored At Work Today
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#73 Got Bored At Work. Then I Made This
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#74 Bored At Work And Wondered How Girls Type With Artificial Nails So
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#75 Got Bored At Work. Glazed The Same Doughnut 13 Times
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#76 Sooooo .... I Get Bored At Work Too
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#77 Modern Day Stone Henge
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#78 Folding Pizza Boxes. This Is What Happens When The Restaurant Is Slow.
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#79 Paint.paint.paint......
#80 Bored At Work
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