Originally Posted by djchameleon

This isn't what I do present day. It's what I used to do when I would was looking for work and had to rely on manual labor temp jobs.



See above.

When I worked at the library, I would complete the section then do something they wanted us to do called shelf reading to make sure the books were neat and in order. I would go back and forth to different areas to make it look like I was shelf reading and organizing certain sections but I only did that when the head librarian was around. As soon as she left, I would just put a magazine on a shelf and sit there pretending that I was still "shelf reading".

It's the same thing like picking up a broom and sweeping a section longer than you should just to kind of waste time after doing the main thing that you were supposed to do but you have to keep moving to make yourself look busy even after you finished your task. Yes I lack incentive but I get my tasks done! I just didn't like going above and beyond for minimum wage. There was no incentive for me to do it. No talk of being offered more money or a better position and the places I worked at there wasn't any moving up from the position I was at.