Hello Burnfans!
I’ve noticed a LOT of hate lately about deskwarming…A LOT. Especially on Facebook. People love to post some sort of bitter Facebook status update about how difficult their life is because they are forced to deskwarm. First off…for those of you who read this in far flung…
I agree with the BurnDog here, but make a couple qualifications. What, ahem, burns me about deskwarming is that I would rather be doing pretty much anything. It feels like an insult to be here and not be utilized. I felt this way especially during the semester when I had to desk warm. It’s not that everyone who comes over here are lazy bums who just wanna sit at home. It’s that we’re mainly young, curious, somewhat intellectual people who need some sort of stimulation. And Tumblr, FB, Skype calls and bomb games only satisfy that for so long. As grateful as I am for the job, and think it’s cool to not have to “work” sometimes, when I had 3 weeks of deskwarming this past semester I became mentally exhausted. Teaching, working on something productive towards a goal… I did all you mentioned and more. I mean, you can only write so many burnposts about doing nothing, right?
I also think it’s downright cruel to send people to school when they’re the only ones there. Creepy or not, it’s just a reinforcement of us being different.
Maybe I’m just terrible at being productive outside of my specific duties.
(Source: burndog)
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And one more note to clarify…. Burn is right that we are our own worst enemies on this issue. Because what happened to...
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I understand where you’re coming from…but at the same time…it’s not that WE are different…it’s that our CONTRACTS are...
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