Drastic times require drastic measures...
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
August 14, 2011 10:59pm CST
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm not totally dumb
How about you?
Well, on Friday I was whining about the fact that my employer has finally gone and blocked my access to myLot. So I can't even get on here during lunch. Boo hoo.
Ah well, I can still work it. the trick it this. I get all my notifications via e-mail. So if you reply to my discussion, I get an e-mail. If you're on my friends list and you post a discussion, or if you comment back to my reply (friend's list or not), I get an e-mail.
So on those long, boring work calls, or during lunch, I can still read through the e-mails, and at least determine which ones I want to respond to.
It's better than nothing, right?
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31 responses
@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
15 Aug 11
It certainly is better than nothing, and will let you plan some responses or discussions. Yay Dawnald. Yay, e mail.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
15 Aug 11
smnartphones aren't that great....
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@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
15 Aug 11
She may need to get a tablet, then.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
15 Aug 11
Evil Corporate America! Blocking Your Freedom Of Speech!
Oh well you showed them! You can still get in.
But wait.. when it goes to the discussion itself on mylot, can't you then surf mylot or does it block it somehow?
Oh well you showed them! You can still get in.
But wait.. when it goes to the discussion itself on mylot, can't you then surf mylot or does it block it somehow?
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
17 Aug 11
You are right that you are at least able to do something during those times that you are bored. This is one of those times that I really think it is a shame that there isn't a mylot mobile application like there is on facebook. I recently enabled that application and that way I can respond to certain friends of mine when they post a status update no matter how far away I am from a computer. It isn't a lot, but there are times that it is better than nothing.
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@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
24 Aug 11
Sounds to me like you REALLY NEED A NEWER PHONE, WHICH WOULD BE A LOT FASTER.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
That would be nice. My phone is way too slow.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16750)
• China
15 Aug 11
You know well how to try and find time to do this.The same with me,before coming here on mylot ,I have a look at my e-mail.The information about my friends'discussion,comment as well as mylot's notifications are all there.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
15 Aug 11
Yes it is better than nothing, because I went for 15 months with nothing other than an hour a week at the library and that in my opinion is nothing...
Now, since you mention being your friend, you know you might be flooded with friend requests right????
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
18 Aug 11
i also read and respond to my friends' discussion from email. i still have access to my office's internet and i do come to mylot from the office using the office's if i don't have my own connection. so how could you come to mylot and participate if you are blocked to access mylot?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
I can read the e-mails, but I can't post until I get home. But since I do get e-mail notifications, I can at least delete the ones I don't want to reply to.
@celticeagle (165954)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Aug 11
You whining? Sounds like another family member, not you! I get my notifications in my inbox on Yahoo. I have been getting those for several years now. THis is my base and I have all my important emails come to this email. I have another email for shopping, one for personal, one for paypal, etc. Works well for me. THen I go to Facebook for my breaks usually and go to the other sites I work on through out the day.
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
19 Aug 11
You could even take it a step further. Write down all your responses on an email (to yourself), and then just copy and paste it to each discussion when you do get the chance to come here.
[i]...sugar is sweet,
but solving a problem is sweeter![/i]
@somethingbig (282)
• United Arab Emirates
16 Aug 11
Maybe your boss thinks that you skipped work from time to time and are doing something else instead of doing your office work. Or perhaps he has caught someone already :) What your boss didn't know is that you are smarter than he is :)
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
there are thousands of employees, and it's more about bandwidth issues, I believe...
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
16 Aug 11
Well, we do not have internet access where I work, and right now my Email does not really come to my Phone like I wish it did, so this is not an option. I can actually upgrade my phone in October if I want, and would Love to have one I could somehow access myLot from and my discussions more for sure.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
I can do it on my current phone, but it is painfully slow.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
16 Aug 11
definitely... :-) that's why we are called human beings because we can always work out something out of the most difficult situations due to our ability to think... :-) good on you dawnald to be able to come out with the email trick so that you can still keep in touch with us during work hours... :-) take care and have a nice day...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
yeah only I still have to wait until I get home to actually post, I can just read them at work...
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
15 Aug 11
That is one way to sort of get around it. I get quite a few discussions in my inbox every day. I usually check my email before coming to myLot, so I kind of have an idea of what I will see when I get on here. Hopefully that will help with your myLot addiction. 
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
15 Aug 11
I am lucky I can use the computers in the computer lab where I work. I can on my breaks like right now with is my lunch break. I also do alot on my second break later in the day. So I have no trouble with getting on Mylot or any other site. Sometimes I spend to much on the computer!LOL!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
At my work, even if we had a computer lab, the same blocks would be on those computers.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
15 Aug 11
Yep and when you get home you can answer those that you choose to. I'm answering from my iPhone. It's really convenient for that. I answer from my email.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Aug 11
There are too many of them. It's going to be hard to catch up.
