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Old 03-30-2007, 10:42 AM   #31
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You can unitask if you have enough work assembled for a set project. I can spend most of a day working on one part of my job, and when I'm approaching a deadline this can mean putting my calls through to answerphone and not checking my emails (and closing the Cellar!) I consider that unitasking.

I agree it wouldn't be possible every day with the job I do though.
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Old 03-30-2007, 10:42 AM   #32
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Hmm..., suggest you don't say that out loud if you find yourself about to undergo an operation and are within earshot of the surgeon.
I train surgeons ... (how to use the software I support). I don't think you could get through Medical School without multi-tasking.
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Old 03-30-2007, 11:49 AM   #33
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Hmm..., suggest you don't say that out loud if you find yourself about to undergo an operation and are within earshot of the surgeon.
Second. I work in an OR.
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Old 03-30-2007, 11:41 PM   #34
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I suggest unitasking the reloading of ammo.
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Old 03-30-2007, 11:48 PM   #35
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I'm surprises that no one gave me the BS line "your boss is allowed to expect more from you".
Thought about it after I posted that.
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Old 04-01-2007, 12:02 AM   #36
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Really, I am chatting on msn/yahoo, entering a finance application and listening to his barked instructions. I can recite what he said word for word with the same emphasis on the C word
Wow, I can't recite people word for word even if I am paying sole attention to them.
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Old 04-01-2007, 03:13 PM   #37
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You're Boss is allowed to expect anything he/she wants from any employee.
I'll go even further and say he/she can demand it.
You are free to tell him/her to take the job and shove it.
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Old 04-07-2007, 02:57 AM   #38
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Multitasking usually ends badly for me.
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Old 04-07-2007, 06:43 PM   #39
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Multitasking is the generator of loose ends
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Old 04-09-2007, 09:27 PM   #40
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The word, 'multitasking,' reminds me of a job I had once, where we were eventually assigned numbers, and no longer referred to by our names. I hightailed it out of there not too long after that.
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Old 04-09-2007, 09:28 PM   #41
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I can understand that, user #2663
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Old 04-09-2007, 09:30 PM   #42
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Old 05-21-2007, 10:19 PM   #43
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Multitasking is the generator of loose ends
Poor multi-tasking is the generator of loose ends.
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