Home Gaming FFD: Should you have taken today off work?

FFD: Should you have taken today off work?

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Yesterday was a holiday, which means that today is conveniently sandwiched between two working days. The smart people (and Darryn) have taken today off to do things other than work, while the rest of us sit here questioning our decision-making skills.

Presuming you fall in to the latter category, do you regret your decision not to take today off? Are you sitting in an office of ghosts?

What would you rather be doing than sitting at your desk, twiddling your thumbs while absolutely nothing happens around you? I have Ni No Kuni sitting on my PS3 waiting for me to play it – and if I weren’t here, sitting at my desk smashing my keyboard with my face, that’s what I’d be doing.

And lastly, if you’re one of those people who has taken today off…don’t brag, ya jerks. Unrelated, it is Darryn’s birthday today which is why he’s out of the office, prancing about Nelson Mandela Bay in his Mankini. 

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Last Updated: May 2, 2014

87 Comments

  1. InsanityFlea

    May 2, 2014 at 10:33

    My eyes!!!! poke em out with a fork!!!! :S

    I’m at work, but I don’t mind, I like my job funny enough.

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    • Her Highness the Hipster

      May 2, 2014 at 10:44

      me too! happy to work, although it seems the entire country is on leave….

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      • Sageville

        May 2, 2014 at 11:48

        I’m watching Protesters toy-toying outside SABC, it’s one of our work-pastimes…

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        • MakeItLegal

          May 2, 2014 at 12:13

          lol…swing them a jay and watch them go eat

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  2. GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

    May 2, 2014 at 10:34

    That Image will haunt me to the end of days…
    if my clients could stop ruining their environments then I would be able to stay at home… But alas, money needs to be made

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  3. Kieran Luke Druzynski

    May 2, 2014 at 10:34

    I would use a spoon right now!!!

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  4. Ultimo_Cleric N7

    May 2, 2014 at 10:40

    I’m at work, because deadlines 🙁

    Will be working this weekend too. Fail

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    • HvR - THE Average GAmer

      May 2, 2014 at 10:50

      You are not alone in that club.

      Hearing that Darryn is out prowling the streets we should think of it as a blessing in disguise.

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      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 10:53

        or three

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      • Jedi JJ

        May 2, 2014 at 10:59

        But isn’t he somewhere in the South East?

        They all dress like that, don’t they?
        Trolololo

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        • HvR - THE Average GAmer

          May 2, 2014 at 11:01

          Darryn is like the tokolosh, he is everywhere and can not get in a woman’s bed if she has a brick.

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          • Jedi JJ

            May 2, 2014 at 11:02

            Or if she has an Xbox 360 with the RROD. Pretty much the same thing then.

          • Kensei Seraph

            May 2, 2014 at 11:03

            Or an Xbone without internet.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 2, 2014 at 11:05

            Haha.

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 2, 2014 at 11:08

          One thing our cold oceans are good for in CT: preventing abominations like that.

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          • Wincethis

            May 2, 2014 at 12:51

            And yet you are still with us? *RUNS

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 2, 2014 at 17:39

            I am immune to the cold. I can spend an hour in the ocean. Sure, when I walk out I’m blood red & can’t feel any part of my body – but I WON!… something.

    • Wincethis

      May 2, 2014 at 12:51

      That sucks bro.

      Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    May 2, 2014 at 10:40

    I’m gonna use my email application and mail that image to everyone. Just because I have to work today.

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  6. Truan Frames

    May 2, 2014 at 10:45

    I am at work because its likely to be dead, and with no pressing deadlines you get paid to sit doing very little and save the leave days for other days.

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    • Brady miaau

      May 2, 2014 at 10:53

      another good point

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    • geelslang

      May 2, 2014 at 12:04

      I love working on the holidays, its relaxed and you still get a bit of the holiday vibe. Then, just when everyone comes back and things get into full swing, I take leave.

      Reply

  7. Kensei Seraph

    May 2, 2014 at 10:45

    I’m at work and I regret not taking today off.
    The office is pretty empty but not nearly as empty as Wednesday was.
    On the plus side there was almost no traffic this morning.

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  8. oVg Errorist

    May 2, 2014 at 10:48

    Reaper “indoctrination” is an insidious means of corrupting organic minds, “reprogramming” the brain through physical and psychological conditioning using electromagnetic fields, infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, and other subliminal methods. The Reaper’s resulting control over the limbic system leaves the victim highly susceptible to its suggestions.

    http://cdn4.gurl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/computing.gif

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    • Kensei Seraph

      May 2, 2014 at 10:52

      I do my own reprogramming of my brain, mostly for gaming purposes of course.

      Time to learn a new control scheme.
      Do I know a similiar existing control scheme?
      Yes, time to Copy Paste for the new game.

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      • oVg Errorist

        May 2, 2014 at 10:55

  9. Jedi JJ

    May 2, 2014 at 10:52

    If it was going to keep me from seeing that pic. Yes.

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  10. HvR - THE Average GAmer

    May 2, 2014 at 10:52

    For everybody at work today here is picture of shaved pussy to cheer you up.

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    • Kensei Seraph

      May 2, 2014 at 10:53

      It’s a hairless cat isn’t it.
      I don’t need to refresh to know that.

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      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 10:54

        yeah, prob Sphynx

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        • Jedi JJ

          May 2, 2014 at 10:59

          It’s actually a shaved cat. With hair only on it’s head. Not a pretty sight.

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          • Brady miaau

            May 2, 2014 at 12:37

            I saw, I saw. Ouch, poor kitty

    • Jedi JJ

      May 2, 2014 at 10:53

      Kind of looks like how I feel.

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  11. Brady miaau

    May 2, 2014 at 10:52

    Time test unpopularity

    A business is a place that needs product or services to make money. easy right? The last two weeks has been not the easiest of times in that regard. Production falls in factories around the country, but the staff want the same salary at the end of the month. That is fine and dandy, all the public holidays are legal and what not. What gets my goat is driving to work today and seeing how many business;s in the industrial parks are just not open at all or on skeleton staff.

    My wife asked if I will be taking leave: I told her I would not sign others leave forms. And you know who is at work today? All the movers and shakers (and senior staff), the people that make things happen. The ones going to get promoted, not because they are here today, but because of overall effort and caring. Some (not even the majority, but a good portion) of the staff not here are always the first to complain at higher pay, more days off “unfair” working conditions.

    Some estimates put R1.2 billion out of our economy today alone.

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    • oVg Errorist

      May 2, 2014 at 10:58

      excluding strikes and power cuts 😛

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    • HvR - THE Average GAmer

      May 2, 2014 at 11:00

      I’m not sure about the promoted part.

      Depends on the company but my experience is that people who make the top brass think they do all the work instead of actually doing the work are the ones that get the promotions.

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      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 12:05

        in big companies, sure. But our firm is mid sized, so I like to believe the right people are put in the right place.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      May 2, 2014 at 11:03

      That’s right, dangle that carrot. Make the dream seem attainable for everyone if they just put that extra bit of effort in, only… it’s not. And, of course, when it doesn’t materialise it’s obviously all their fault. Very clever.

      When my company was still private I happily worked over days like this & put in the extra time because I got something out of it. Then a corporate buy-out happens & what happens when I do that? I get a below inflationary increases, told I should be grateful to have a job & all incentives dry up. Your dream does not apply everywhere.

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      • Kensei Seraph

        May 2, 2014 at 11:06

        You are obviously not being seen to work hard enough.
        If you work hard and nobody notices you working hard you get nothing, but if you do nothing and everybody sees you working hard then you would have gotten that increase you don’t deserve.

        Maybe acting classes would help.

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        • HvR - THE Average GAmer

          May 2, 2014 at 11:07

          That or learn how to play golf.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 2, 2014 at 11:08

          lol

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 2, 2014 at 11:18

          It’s actually really funny you should mention that. The big boss usually gets to work around 6:30, and when he’s there all the sales reps would be there around that time too. When he’s not there they only arrive around 8. Without fail. It’s an on-going joke on our side of the business.

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          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 2, 2014 at 11:27

            At my first job there was a product launch so the company big heads decide to take the whole “team” out to celebrate:
            Sales team who will sell the product.
            Manufacturing team who will make the product (and 3 months behind schedule).
            Company lawyers.
            The CA’s.
            Product champion, no F*&(king idea what the hell he did.
            The IT guys.
            And of course the whole company Exco.

            NOT INVITED. The team of 4 engineers who actually design, implemented, made it work AND had to do all the manufacturing setup work. Worked Saturdays for 2 months, couldn’t take year end leave to meet the ridiculous deadline.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 2, 2014 at 11:40

            lol. This shit happens so often. We did a big rush project out in the Karoo, project manager worked his ass off to make the whole thing happen under budget & on time. Had a big thing on site with local gov officials, press, etc. Some big nob flies in from the US & takes credit for the whole thing. Didn’t even acknowledge the project manager, who had never even heard of or spoken to this guy before.

          • Brady miaau

            May 2, 2014 at 12:04

            That is par the course for engineers and product developers, unfortunately.

            Still cannot believe that happens, but it does, time and again.

          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 2, 2014 at 12:17

            Unfortunately this is more the norm that the exception in South Africa.

            The problem is not the free lunch but that is the typical company mindset.
            Sales guys get sales bonuses, CA’s get company performance bonuses etc etc and the rest is stuck with “inflation related” increases. The guys that are effectively the company IP gets fed up and leave (usually after a VC buy out) and the whole house of cards goes tumbling down.

          • Brady miaau

            May 2, 2014 at 12:41

            At most companies I have worked, big boss and the board of directors were in first and left last. They got nice bonuses and perks of the job, but they worked extremely hard too. Good example,, I thought.

      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 12:40

        Wow, so I am the bad guy here?

        Hmm, I might just be. Or naive. Trouble is I see the companies bottom line, part of me is paid to do so.

        but yes, private / public company thing makes a big difference. When I still worked for “rob me blind corp”, the guys who did the talking got the big bucks, not the guys who did the work.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 2, 2014 at 17:35

          No, you’re not the bad guy. I’m just bitter about seeing a good company being run into the ground & being able to do nothing about it. 🙁

          It all depends on the company you work for.

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          • Brady miaau

            May 2, 2014 at 21:31

            Yeah, I know, just teasing.

      • Wincethis

        May 2, 2014 at 12:53

        Preach it man.

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    • Her Highness the Hipster

      May 2, 2014 at 11:27

      I think the cluster of public holidays is the real problem. companies should actually be grateful for employees taking leave this week – with so few days of actual work, employees get the full week off for only 3 leave days. This means they /hopefully/ return more rested and ready to work. the on-again-off-again approach to work isn’t great for productivity either.

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      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 12:03

        The problem here is that they all want leave at the same time, not staggered, so the few must then do the job of the many, cause factories must produce.

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    • Rags

      May 2, 2014 at 11:50

      The universe does not care about the economy. If you are not going to enjoy your time on Earth, all that extra money and promotions are not going to help you one bit when you are dead. Enjoy the time you have.

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      • Brady miaau

        May 2, 2014 at 12:02

        But I do enjoy the time I have. And getting a business product to be the very best it can be also provides some enjoyment.

        We spend such large portions of our lives working, I try to get out more than a paycheck. Satisfaction.

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  12. Maxi Maniac

    May 2, 2014 at 10:53

    Yes you should and enjoy your day of with top Bluetooth headphones !

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  13. Alien Emperor Trevor

    May 2, 2014 at 10:54

    HAHAHAHAHA I TOOK THE DAY OFF! Oh wait, you said DON’T brag. But also don’t be a jerk, which I am, so…

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    • Jedi JJ

      May 2, 2014 at 10:55

      Jerk

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        May 2, 2014 at 11:07

        I left out the part where I’m going to the dentist, the bank & getting an insurance inspection on my car. Living the dream on my day off!

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        • Jedi JJ

          May 2, 2014 at 11:09

          Haha. Good luck man. The banks are mad. The GF just went there and said she didn’t even bother.

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 2, 2014 at 11:11

            I tried after getting the insurance inspection, took one look at the queue & left. At least I still have the dentist to look forward too.

  14. Jedi JJ

    May 2, 2014 at 10:54

    Took me five minutes to get to work this morning, so that was worth it. Don’t hate my job. Don’t love it either. But I’m pretty much just lounging around now.

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  15. Sk3tz0

    May 2, 2014 at 10:56

    Should I have taken off today.. Well I just started my 2 weeks leave on thursday 😛 so nah.. no need to take off work

    PS HAPPY BDAY DARRYN

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  16. Unavengedavo

    May 2, 2014 at 10:56

    I am at work but taking half day to go camping 😀

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    • oVg Errorist

      May 2, 2014 at 10:57

      😛

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      • Unavengedavo

        May 2, 2014 at 11:01

        Lol, can’t watch the video as I am now bound to troll read lazygamer from my phone

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    • Jedi JJ

      May 2, 2014 at 10:57

      I’m not the camping type. I blame my ancestors for never letting their children out of the cave.

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      • Unavengedavo

        May 2, 2014 at 11:09

        It’s good to just get away from everything once in awhile

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        • Kensei Seraph

          May 2, 2014 at 11:10

          Taking a break from ‘that’ bookmarks folder?

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          • Unavengedavo

            May 2, 2014 at 11:13

            Lol, well unfortunately I won’t be able to use it on my company laptop anymore. They decided to block most sites that are not work related

        • HvR - THE Average GAmer

          May 2, 2014 at 11:15

          I’m with you on that one, but saving my leave for my annual end of the year trip.

          Real reason JJ doesn’t like camping because it is hard applying eyeliner on a small handheld mirror

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      • geelslang

        May 2, 2014 at 11:54

        Camping makes you apreciate the things you take for grantedr. Once a year I try to do a hike into the mountains for a couple of days. You will be supprised how soft a car seat is after sitting on rocks for 3 days.

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  17. Skyblue

    May 2, 2014 at 11:00

    No PANTS bitches!!

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    • Jedi JJ

      May 2, 2014 at 11:01

      No FAIR bastard!

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      • Skyblue

        May 2, 2014 at 11:03

        Hehe, am contemplating putting some on to go watch Spidey with my boys.

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        • Jedi JJ

          May 2, 2014 at 11:03

          Oh how I envy you.
          So curious to see that.

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  18. Gavin Mannion

    May 2, 2014 at 11:17

    Beer, netflix and beer… working hard today

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      May 2, 2014 at 11:19

      That beer won’t drink itself.

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  19. CAE9872

    May 2, 2014 at 12:02

    Happy birthday to Darryn.

    Geoff as for that image of mankini…OMFG!!!!!!!!! I am scarred for life dammit.

    I am working…but from comfort of home which eases the pain just a little. I FINALLY finished all of Call of Duty 2 achievements last night (yes I know its a 10 year old game) and now plan to start Kameo. So that is what I want to be doing…

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  20. Deano

    May 2, 2014 at 12:18

    Office is dead…

    Rather be playing ps4 and hearthstone on my ipad.

    But some of us must work :p

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  21. CaptainNemo42

    May 2, 2014 at 12:19

    Yes.

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  22. McGafter

    May 2, 2014 at 12:36

    Would have been nice, but unfortunately busy taking a system Live in Australia, so that means late nights this weekend

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  23. HighlanderZA

    May 2, 2014 at 13:09

    I neeeeeed to get home and look for my marauder gloves set item in Diablo 3.

    Reply

  24. Umar's Sin

    May 2, 2014 at 18:37

    Don’t think ya gonna enjoy Ni No

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  25. Eurpapi

    May 2, 2014 at 20:55

    Not from SA, what was the holiday for?

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    • Brian Murphy

      May 2, 2014 at 21:07

      Workers’ Day is a national public holiday in South Africa and since 1994, it has been celebrated on 1 May of each year. It has its origins within the historical struggles of workers and their trade unions internationally for solidarity between working people in their struggles to win fair employment standards and more importantly, to establish a culture of human and worker rights and to ensure that these are enshrined in international law and the national law of those countries aligned to the International Labour Organisation. In pre-1994 South Africa, the demand for the annual observance of the day as a public holiday became a rallying point for workers and their trade unions and was one of a number of annually significant days to symbolise and mobilise resistance to the Apartheid government and its racial policies.

      Reply

  26. ConkerBFD

    May 2, 2014 at 21:36

    I’m, actually, posting this at work!

    Reply

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