> “Boreout is chronic boredom. That sums it up,”<p>Bored at work is a problem? And in a cubicle? You have the internet in your pocket and bluetooth headphones in your ears, no work to do, you're getting paid, and people are complaining about this?<p>I seriously hope this article is part of some shadowy PR campaign to make people work harder or justify austerity or something. It's hard to believe this is BBC.<p>People work for money. Money can be exchanged for goods and services. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81DYZh6KaQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81DYZh6KaQ</a><p>> What happens more often, she says, is that people will just show up at their desks and spend time shopping online, cyberloafing, chatting with colleagues or planning other activities. She says that these people aren’t lazy, but are using these behaviours as “coping mechanisms”.<p>Shopping online, talking to friends, and planning other activities are all things everyone needs to do. They're not coping mechanisms, this is just people getting all their stuff done at work so they have more time to do things important to them.<p>> Harju describes boreout as “kind of a signature syndrome” of the pandemic; our ennui fueled by too much time in Zoom meetings, surrounded by the same four walls.<p>Does Harju understand that the organization has made the decision to pay people to attend them?<p>How anyone can see a job as anything other than a way to sell time for money is beyond me.<p>Being bored at work would be wonderful. Being bored remote is even better. If I could just get the paycheck and benefits and have absolutely 0 obligations to the company, that would be optimal.