Eradicate WORKPLACE BOREDOM Forever Part Three

Let’s Review

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”5″]I[/su_dropcap]n Parts One and Two of Eradicate WORKPLACE BOREDOM Forever, we discussed the variety of mental and verbal actions you can take during down times while you’re on the clock. The mental actions all boil down to considering yourself and the people around you and asking yourself:

Why am I here?

How can I make things better?

The verbal actions include:

Discussing job strategies with your co-workers, including how to deal with the boredom

Writing down your thoughts on the matters at hand; that is, your goals for your current job, as well as your overall life goals

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Learn everything you can about your physical environment.

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Now, let’s look at the physical actions you can take. And this part is gonna be short and sweet. Because once you’ve done the mental and verbal actions from Parts One and Two of Eradicate WORKPLACE BOREDOM Forever, the final (physical) actions are a piece o’ cake.

Physical

In the food and beverage industry, there’s always cleaning and organizing to be done. Take the initiative to clean and organize your work space. Don’t wait to be told to do it. If you’re insecure about doing this, run it by a senior staff member.

For instance, you can literally say, “Hey, I’m bored . . . so I was thinking of doing some cleaning. Can you show me where the cleaning supplies are?”

You may get a few dirty looks from ne’er-do-wells. But I promise you, if you remain humble and tenacious, you will come off smelling like a rose to the powers that be.

Practice your craft. No matter what your position is with the company, you can learn something advantageous to your workflow; and you can practice your interactions with people — customers AND co-workers.