News Dull Jobs Really Do Numb The Mind

[ms spock]

Dull jobs really do numb the mind. Boring jobs switch our minds to autopilot, say scientists - and it means we can seriously mess up some simple tasks.

Monotonous duties switch our brain to "rest mode", whether we like it or not...mistakes can be predicted up to 30 seconds before we make them, by patterns in our brain activity.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Dull jobs really do numb the mind

 

[Deleted member 38644]

I use to work at Office Depot and most of the time all we did was sit there lol. We was the slowest store at the time. We had nothing to do most of the time besides checking out customers. I daydreamed most of the time. That made time go by fast.

 

[Freedomfighter]

True that, that is why I like to exercise body and mind when I get home. Most jobs can be dull, but I try not to get boxed into a corner and take on responsibilities in areas that interest me, don't like it when someone thinks they can just shove that worker here and there. I want to decide what I am interested in. I love working out my mind when I get home because there the learning never stops. I could never be with someone that does not have the same qualities.

 

[Sandstone]

I've thoroughly enjoyed repetitive jobs. I'm quite bright, but I still enjoyed doing a job where I assembled the same three components 1,200 times in a four hour shift. I like the requirement to focus just enough to do it right while being able to zone out the rest of my mind. Perhaps because I'm skilled at dissociation. Being paid to numb my mind was like a free gift.