Don't Let Your Boss Catch You Reading This

Stony Stevenson writes "iTnews is running a piece on the culture of cyberslacking in the business arena. Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities. Most of that 'wasted time' is, of course, spent online. From the article: 'A recent survey by online compensation firm Salary.com showed about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work. About 34 percent listed personal Internet use as the leading time-wasting activity in the workplace. Employees said they did so because they were bored, worked too many hours, were underpaid or were unchallenged at work. Firms all over the world are concerned about potentially harmful effects of surfing they deem to be inappropriate may have on their company's image.'"

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Solitaire

[Viceroy Potatohead]

about six out of 10 employees in the United States acknowledged wasting time at work The other four in ten were too stupefied to respond, having just played 900 consecutive games of solitaire.

*sigh* Thanks for the title. :P

[arkham6]

So I'm eating lunch, glancing at slashdot.

My boss walks up behind me and says "Don't let your boss catch you reading this? What is that Dave?"

"Umm, its slashdot boss, and Its my lunch time."

"You know Dave, internet usage isnt for personal activities...."

*sigh*

Re:Hold on there, junior...

[Anonymous Coward]

>we are the good guys of the healthcare industry

I understand the words individually, but I simply cannot sensibly parse the phrase as a whole...