Citations:multishirk
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English citations of multishirk and multi-shirk
do multiple nonwork activities at once[edit]
- 1999 September 8, Scott Adams, The Joy of Work: Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers, Harper Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OL, page 53:
- But in reality you are doing what one Dilbert reader calls multishirking, i.e., doing two nonwork activities at once.
Multishirking is not only fun; it doubles the odds that an observer will think you're doing at least one work-related activity.
- 2003 February 20, Greentryst, “Re: Sites of Eeeeeeevil”, in alt.2600[2] (Usenet), message-ID <ckW4a.29107$P1.2372318@news1.east.cox.net>:
- For example, I often use MSIE to FTP my digital camera photos to my server while using the ability of Phoenix to have many tabs in one window to multishirk (I do hate homework, really), i.e. on www.everything2.com .
- 2005 May 1, Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer with Nancy H. Wiener, Judaism For Two: A Spiritual Guide for Strengthening and Celebrating Your Loving Relationship, page 116:
- He agreed that he need time for renewal, but when work was hard, particularly when there were challenges he did not want to face, he would while away the entire evening playing solitaire on the computer, watching television, or just daydreaming. He called it “multi-shirking.”
- 2005 October 1, Karen Farrington, The Law of the Office: A Guide to the Culture of Working Nine to Five, London: Robson Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 86:
- Sometimes those office workers with a basic grounding in drama will find it easier to multishirk while giving all the outward appearances of working diligently. Multishirking is, of course, preferable to multitasking, which generally means you do two jobs instead of one, for the same money.