It's been said that one should be able to be productive with any tool, but is this really true?

Has anyone else here been faced with situations at work where either a.) the project you're working on bores you to tears, and/or b.) the development tool bores you even more?

I work with Powerbuilder, which is an extremely boring product. It's not like I choose to work in Powerbuilder...I take the job I get hired for. But what's a monk to do? I'm curious to hear about how other monks have taken less-than-inspiring work situations and turned them around for the better.

Update: "with any tool" might have been better phrased "with the tools you are given (read "forced" to use)" :)

In reply to Productivity with <i>any</i> tool? by mothra

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