11 Ways People Wasted Time at Work Before the Internet

Idle hands are the devil's playground.

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Thanks to the Internet, it's a no-brainer where you'll turn to waste a little time (whether you can help it or not). Between surfing the web, playing games, Googling random nonsense, and downloading apps, you can literally spend a whole day at work without actually doing anything. However, people with office jobs pre-Internet had to be a bit more crafty when it came to wasting time at work. In some ways, office life before the web may have been a whole lot better than we think. Here are 11 Ways People Wasted Time At Work Before The Internet.

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Doodled

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Had Office Affairs

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Chain Smoked Outside

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Grabbed a Mid-Afternoon Drink

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Trimmed Their Bonsai Tree

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Solitaire

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Gossiped

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Took Longer Lunches

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Read Newspapers

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Got To Know Their Co-Workers

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Made Up Office Games

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