Being Bored At Work Isn’t Always The Worst

People get bored at work all the time. It's pretty hard not to have down moments unless you work nonstop the full shift.

When things are slow, what do you do? The following people give us all options for when boredom strikes at the workplace.

The Clips Man

man with a bunch of binder clips in his beard
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Clipping your facial hair due to boredom seems counterproductive because that act seems boring already. I don't think this guy cared.

He put on a mean face as if he was a villain.

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Mike Tyson On Excel

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Mike Tyson picture created using Microsoft Excel
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It's already tough trying to navigate Excel, so imagine making Mike Tyson on there. This is nice.

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Whoever did this probably finished all of their work in no time that day.

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Playing With Lunch

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nuggets with pins in them and faces drawn on them
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Your boredom is supposed to subside for a bit when lunch comes around, not escalate.

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Whoever ordered McDonald's must've still been as bored as ever if they did all of this.

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Cubicle Fort?

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a cubicle that has been turned into a castle using cardboard
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Okay, this is taking free time to another level. It's a cool idea, but how long did you have to make this?

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The boss won't get mad if they see that you spent some odd hours creating this?

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The Rangers Needed To Talk

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people sitting around a meeting table dressed as Power Rangers
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Somehow, these five coworkers found five Power Rangers outfits from the same season and coordinated when to wear them.

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They even put Zordon on the meeting screen to make it seem more real.

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Stack 'Em Up!

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man standing in a tall stack of chairs
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The result might look cool, but getting out of these chairs doesn't seem like it would be fun.

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He was so bored that it didn't matter to him how he got out of it.

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Game Of Tech

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a man sitting on a throne made of computer parts
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No one said it would be easy to sit on the throne. That's why this man created his own!

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He has to be the lead IT man on the job, or just highly bored.

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Great Artwork

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two faces drawn onto two squares of toilet paper
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Whoever did this should consider going into graphic design if they aren't already. This is a masterpiece.

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The only downfall is that someone will eventually have to rip off these pieces.

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Subway Has It Their Way

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a recreation from chopped veggies of a Sparta scene
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Sometimes, no one wants to come in and eat fresh. When that happens, you play around with the veggies.

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The imagination it must've taken to make this is appreciated. I like the corn usage for the abs.

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Bart Phone Tricks

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Moe and Bart from The Simpsons drawn onto paper cups
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Drawing these Simpsons characters having an interaction on cups shows how slow this day at work was.

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Look at the level of detail on these drawings. It's like the real animator from the show did these.

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Rubber Band Wars

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two people across from each other with rubber bands around their feet
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Getting struck with paper launched by a rubber band isn't the most fun. That really hurts when it happens.

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That means these two would rather feel pain than the boredom their job placed on them.

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Leaning Tower At Jamba

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jamba juice cups stacked until they tilt into the wall
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I don't even know how they made this happen without the cups falling over. This is talent.

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Getting them down is probably the hard part because they're surely going to fall.

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Combining Boredom And Organization

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the vegetable section of a grocery store very neatly organized
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Have you ever seen a produce section that looked this beautiful? They even put a letter "Z" in the veggies.

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If I shopped here, I would want to come back all the time just to see this.

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Three In A Row

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Getting the bottom coin to stand tall was probably the toughest part. When you're bored at work, you have nothing but time.

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After figuring that out, the other two probably weren't as tough to get on top.

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Lines Of Freedom

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a bunch of black drawn lines on white paper to create a random design
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This is what you call drawing until freedom rings. The level of difficulty it takes to do this is astounding.

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One must have complete focus, unless this is something they practice all the time.

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Bookstore Fun With The Team

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There are millions of books that have people's faces on the cover. Letting your real face complete the animation seems like fun.

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We don't know what that woman behind the book looks like, but now I imagine she looks like that lady on the book.

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The Dad Joke

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Boredom can really bring out the dad jokes in you. You might think it's hilarious, but keep it to yourself.

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If you can find a way to bring it to life like this, then it might be worth sharing.

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The Gummies Battle

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gummy bears arranged to look like two stick figures sword fighting
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I hope this person still ate these gummies after creating this battle with them. That would be a total waste.

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Red against yellow doesn't seem like a fair fight because everyone chooses red.

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The Penny Stack

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stacked penny sculpture
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It had to be an engineer who constructed this penny bench because look at how sturdy it is.

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The middle part seems almost impossible, but there's a way to get it done.

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A Real Ninja Turtle

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drawing of a Ninja Turtle if it were an actual snapping turtle
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Imagine the Ninja Turtles looked more realistic like this. That would make them a little more intimidating.

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Thankfully, the producers don't want to take that route with their animation style.