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What do you do outside of work?

People at my new job keep asking me this – mostly married straights with kids – and I hate it. Uh, sit on my ass, jerk off, descend into the never-ending abyss of the internet? How do you all answer this question?

by Anonymousreply 41March 7, 2022 5:12 PM

I live, I love, I laugh!

by Anonymousreply 1March 6, 2022 3:12 AM

"Read, mostly."

The topic is changed, quickly.

by Anonymousreply 2March 6, 2022 3:17 AM

[quote] What do you do outside of work?

I sit in my basement naked and run my OnlyFans empire.

by Anonymousreply 3March 6, 2022 3:32 AM

"I prepare for work, get my assignments done, make sure my deadlines are met, get all my research done... And you?"

by Anonymousreply 4March 6, 2022 3:39 AM

“As a childless LGBT, I spend most of my time (as you probably expect) iterating on different pronouns for myself. Despite my efforts, I’m still he/him; but I’ll keep you posted, ya dumb cunt.”

by Anonymousreply 5March 6, 2022 3:54 AM

It seems like a weird question. I’m not going to tell my co workers about my weekend hookups and the quality films I watch.

by Anonymousreply 6March 6, 2022 3:55 AM

I tell them I spend my weekends masturbating under the duvet. That does the trick.

by Anonymousreply 7March 6, 2022 4:04 AM

Sex parties with the Board of Directors... And how's your career path working for you?

by Anonymousreply 8March 6, 2022 4:06 AM

"I go to Nice and the Isle of Greece when I sip champagne on a yacht. I move like Harlow in Monte Carlo and show them what I've got."

by Anonymousreply 9March 6, 2022 4:06 AM

"Cunt all the livelong day with vicious queens on the Internet. Hey, it keeps me off the streets."

by Anonymousreply 10March 6, 2022 4:08 AM

I repair small appliances.

by Anonymousreply 11March 6, 2022 4:11 AM

I suck lots of cock

by Anonymousreply 12March 6, 2022 4:12 AM

I just say "oh, nothing really" continually until they stop asking.

by Anonymousreply 13March 6, 2022 4:14 AM

In my 35 year career a direct question like that has never come up on the job or during a job interview. I has come up organically in conversation and I have many varied interests I can talk about. If I didn’t I would make up a boilerplate response on some esoteric interest that would not encourage further questions.

by Anonymousreply 14March 6, 2022 4:24 AM

Tell them you spend time in a nearby city to get away from it all, and even better if you have family there. If you have any elderly family members say you spend time helping them out

by Anonymousreply 15March 6, 2022 4:28 AM

Tell them you are into animal rescue and then ask them if they'd be interested in fostering or adopting an animal.

by Anonymousreply 16March 6, 2022 5:52 AM

"Why do you want to know?" - That's all you need to do to close it down. I've said it before on this site and I have no problem repeating it: co workers are NOT your friends.

by Anonymousreply 17March 6, 2022 6:17 AM

After the repeated questions. Present hole. That should change the subject in a hurry.

by Anonymousreply 18March 6, 2022 6:31 AM

Tell them that you belong to a weekend only religious community looking for new recruits,

by Anonymousreply 19March 6, 2022 6:37 AM

"Lately, I've really been getting into fisting porn..."

by Anonymousreply 20March 6, 2022 6:42 AM

[quote] I tell them I spend my weekends masturbating under the duvet. That does the trick.

I hope you are using a clean cum rag.

by Anonymousreply 21March 7, 2022 2:01 AM

I always answer the same thing, Undeground nide cage fighting.

by Anonymousreply 22March 7, 2022 2:03 AM

[quote] After the repeated questions. Present hole. That should change the subject in a hurry.

Unless they are a hungry queen, then they might go in for a closer inspection with their tongue.

by Anonymousreply 23March 7, 2022 2:06 AM

Maintaining my collection of caftans.

by Anonymousreply 24March 7, 2022 2:10 AM

I have a stock answer: “my partner owns his own medical practice and we don’t have kids. So we try to travel when school is in to miss the crowds”

I’m gay, childless, but coupled. And we have a life which will mean time out of the office.

by Anonymousreply 25March 7, 2022 2:14 AM

[quote] What do you do outside of work?

I just tell them that I work at that pizza place in Washington that harbors young children as sex slaves, you know, the one that is part of a child-abuse ring led by Hillary. But I make it abundantly clear that I just work in the kitchen and only make pizzas. There is no further discussion.

by Anonymousreply 26March 7, 2022 2:22 AM

Just out culture them. "Me? Outside of work? Well between my season tickets to the Opera, the Ballet, theater and art openings and the occasional fund raiser, I like to unwind while working in my garden and restoring a fabulous old farm house I bought on a lark".

by Anonymousreply 27March 7, 2022 2:25 AM

I spend time with friends and family.

by Anonymousreply 28March 7, 2022 2:26 AM

“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

by Anonymousreply 29March 7, 2022 2:40 AM

If I told them the truth it would be this. "I spend a lot of time on the internet watching gay porn, cruising hookup apps and reading gay message boards. Usually I do at least one thing with friends or family. I am single and over 50 so not a lot excites me anymore. Oh and sometimes I drink alone to not worry so much "

by Anonymousreply 30March 7, 2022 3:32 AM

Nude lesbian chariot racing.

by Anonymousreply 31March 7, 2022 6:48 AM

To be utterly dishonest, I exercize in my free time.

by Anonymousreply 32March 7, 2022 6:58 AM

"Out of curiosity, what do you think I do?"

And no matter what they say, reply, "That's right!"

by Anonymousreply 33March 7, 2022 7:05 AM

I hate that fraus and Karens around me seem not to understand that some introverted ppl who are single - like me - could not care less about their boring endless weekend stories, nor share whatever I have done on my free time.

My usual response is that I read and rested.

The end.

by Anonymousreply 34March 7, 2022 7:47 AM

"Nothing of note."

by Anonymousreply 35March 7, 2022 7:52 AM

Most of the things I enjoy doing have nothing to do with work, but people today find that hard to grasp, since their “career” totally defines their identity.

by Anonymousreply 36March 7, 2022 8:05 AM

R21, I let their fevered, lurid imaginations speculate regarding that.

by Anonymousreply 37March 7, 2022 8:35 AM

"Grindr hook-ups if I'm lucky; OnlyFans if I'm not."

by Anonymousreply 38March 7, 2022 12:17 PM

Tell them you slaughter your own meat to save money.

by Anonymousreply 39March 7, 2022 12:49 PM

Not in a cunty way, but I don't like to share a huge amount of my personal life at work - I really prefer to keep them separate as much as possible. So I rarely discuss things I've done or I'm planning to do, even with the people I work closely with. I think an exception might be the odd conversation about a film or TV show that everyone is talking about and I will chip in with my opinion if I've seen it, but beyond that I don't really offer information unless I'm specifically asked in which case I will be pretty vague. It's just not relevant - there is no need for them to know and I don't care what they do outside of work either.

by Anonymousreply 40March 7, 2022 2:00 PM

"Since this job doesn't pay me enough to live on, I have several side hustles. Can I count on you to host a Pampered Chef party?"

by Anonymousreply 41March 7, 2022 5:12 PM
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