January 25, 2013 - J

[6:27 ; I arrive]
7:00-ish ; J arrives, but is mostly unobserved until 9:00-ish, but NOTE 1
+9:25-9:45+ ; wandering
[9:45-9:55 ; I am not in area to observe]
+10:05-10:10 ; phone
10:10-10:36 ; sitting
10:36-10:48 ; wandering
10:51-10:54 ; sitting, phone
10:56-10:59 ; phone
11:00-ish ; NOTE 2
[11:32-11:58 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:58-12:02 ; phone
12:08-12:14 ; phone
12:14-12:27 ; wandering
12:29-12:44 ; phone
12:45-12:48 ; phone
12:50-12:59 ; phone, sitting
1:01-1:18 ; phone, sitting
1:26-1:59 ; wandering - NOTE 3
+2:08-2:14 ; sitting, phone
2:29-2:35 ; sitting, phone
+2:45-2:51 ; phone
2:51-3:08 ; wandering
3:08-3:10 ; phone
3:10+ ; NOTE 4
[3:37 ; I leave work, J still there]


If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.



NOTE 1: As usual, today was a day marked by the standard J "work" pattern: start a run (which would last maybe a minute), then immediately turn to his phone. Stare at the phone long after the run finishes. Finally, turn away from the phone, clear the machine, start another run, turn to the phone and stare at it long after the run ends. This is a normal J day.

NOTE 2: J spends a lot of time counting and recounting his work. Why he doesnt count it as he goes, or perhaps tag it after he counts it, or find another method to fake looking busy, I dont know.

NOTE 3: As of 1:30, J had finished 135 simple pieces. Total. By contrast, by that time, I myself had finished 9 simple pieces, 113 less simple pieces, about 90 complex pieces, and 2 downright diabolical pieces. And had lunch. In the time J took to do those 135 pieces, he should have easily done 2 or 3 times as many.

NOTE 4: I wasnt watching him closely from this point on, but I couldnt see that he did much. In fact, I'd count pretty much the entire period from 1:59 on as a wash.