I know Lemmy is gonna say “stop being addicted to your phone” but like I’m asking this question with more of a like “fuck corporate” attitude. I mean like, just a quick peak at an internet thread, wikipedia, news, memes, etc. Maybe messages or group chats… Just an occasion glance every like 15 minutes or so to keep yourself sane, like a little drip of dopamine to get you through the day, you know.
Or is a smartwatch hidden under long sleeves better?
Or like… is text to voice better? (Like with a hidden earbud hidden under some wigs to listen to the text, while the other ear can still can have awareness of surroundings?)
I set its mode to 'Discreet'
Pre-smartphone users will understand.
I don’t care, if I want to look at my phone, I look at it. I get shit done, so nobody gives me grief. This might not work everywhere, but I wouldn’t work at a place that nitpicked over stuff like that.
I have three phones to keep them guessing.
discreetly? before being 100% work from home, i used to stream my tv with plex with my tablet on my desk. I’d usually just put one earbud in and leave the other ear to hear people if they needed me.
In highschool however (back in the late 90s) i used to listen to music from my walkman by fishing the corded earbuds from my pants pocket and in thru my sleeve. I’d hold the earbuds in my hand and the oversized hoodie sleeve would conceal everything perfectly. I’d rest my head in my hand with the earbuds and I’d look like any other student getting their work done.
I browse in the restroom before returning to the cockpit.
me literally shitposting to Lemmy with one hand while my other hand scrubs a toilet
Huh? Discretely? WYM?
This is the reason why you never touch another person’s phone.
He never pooped without my phone… I don’t let people touch my phone.
Look at your phone while sitting in the stall.
I look over to my cat to make sure he’s sleeping.
We don’t have micromanagers in leadership positions so I whip that bad boy out and stare at it like everyone else in the office.
Yeeee when I have to go in, I just have it in front of me with stuff playing all day and my earbuds in, and whenever I get a message or I’m curious about something I don’t wanna look up on my work machine, I just pick it up and… use it like a phone. I know I’m lucky to be able to do that, but I can’t deny it’s awesome.
Sir, we are talking about phones here, not…
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It’s not the easiest way but it works for me…
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
Retail store manager. Personal devices and headphones are a fireable offense. I allow my team cellphones as long as they get their job done. I have a single headphone with podcasts playing every moment I’m not on a conference call.
When my boss brought it up I just stared at him blankly and said “when I took over this store it was failing. Now it’s third in the district and rising” then stared blankly at him again.
He eventually stopped mentioning it.
Make yourself irreplaceable. That’s what I did.
I’m working on that now. When I started, they made me one of five admins on their scheduling software. The other four have since left the organization, and I’m not going out of my way to teach the users any more than they absolutely need. 😂
Nondiscreetly.
When boss asks why am I looking at the phone (or browsing around on the internet), I point out they hired me as consultant, so my duty is to look around and be informed of things so I’m not caught up emptyhanded when asked a question.
“but you are browsing pornhub?”
“are you questioning my methodology?”
“carry on”
“but you are browsing pornhub?”
and you’re fucking your employees.
problems?
step into a closet or empty room
frequent bathroom breaks
hide it inside a notebook
switch the e-reader to dark mode and place the phone over another piece of similar-looking technology that you have a plausible reason to look at
Have a job in online communications, works for me.
You start taking more bathroom breaks.
Don’t do that if you’re over 30. Great way to get hemorrhoids
Had those long before I hit 30.
He doesn’t actually need to sit down.
I don’t even try to hide it anymore. My manager and I send each other memes during the work day.
