I bloody hate filing.
When do I get my own 16 year old office monkey to do my bloody filing.

When hell freezes over, that's when.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:03, 13 replies)

I like filing now and again
Gives the hamster wheel in my head a wee break.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:05, closed)

Be like me
Don't bother filing - just have chaotic piles of papers all over your desk. If a document's important, you'll be able to dig it out if you keep mental records of which pile it's likely to be in. If it lies there until the next tidy up, then it's obviously not that important and can be thrown out.

Or does that only work for mad scientists?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:05, closed)

how about
'bertsexofficemonkey'

snarf!
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:06, closed)

Enter into
a work experience partnership with a local school, or something.

I got all my filing experience there.

And I completed Sonic Advance, too! Managed to get my Zone 1 Act 1 time down to 11.4 seconds.
( Thinker, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:06, closed)

@K2k6
I just have piles of stuff everywhere too. As long as you leave a path for you to get to the areas you need to, it's fine. You could just draw a map saying what is in what pile.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:09, closed)

Noooo!
I have to be able to retrieve a certain peice of paper at a moments notice for my boss otherwise he'll winge for Britain.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:12, closed)

@K2k6
I'm like that too. In fact, I find that I tend to associate the exact layout of the 'mess' on my desk with various thoughts (a neurological compression algorithm?), so if someone accidentally 'tidies up' my desk, I end up with several stray thoughts nagging my brain.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:19, closed)

@PenguinOfDeath
But then, the map will become part of the 'piles of stuff'.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:20, closed)

"organised chaos"
Pretty much sums up my desk.
I've got two desks, one for papers, one for my computer.
Both a fucking mess.
( Cawl, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:23, closed)

My desk
It currently has the laptop space at the back middle, the assorted crap to back right (including two drinks and a lamp), more assorted crap at the back left, stationary at the front right, cut out pictures on the left, and an A3 pad in the middle.

Looks crap, but it's kind of organised.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:30, closed)

I'm saving mine up
For the moment when I get TTFO, sorry, have the NEXT 'meeting' to discuss the 'terms of my redundancy'.

I'm awaiting the 'thud' of a pile of assorted highly confidential stuff hitting someone's desk with great anticipation. File that, you bastards, in a manner that the Financial Services Authority deem proper.

Sad, I know.

I'm also still able to change every single user's password on the network, but would never dream of such a heinious act....
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:39, closed)

Erm well!
If my desk was any more organized I'd be classed as clinically insane.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 May 2008, 11:39, closed)