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Down Time At Work — What Do You Do?
An anonymous reader writes "I work in IT and find fairly often that I have 'down time.' I'll usually browse the web (Slashdot) or try to find something informative or educating to read. Sometimes, I even get caught up working on my personal webpage or other project that isn't exactly work related. What does everyone else do during these times, and how much time do they spend on non-work related things while at work?"
No, that isn't evil. Mean spirited, Maybe, but it is hardly even mildly sadistic. No, downtime should involve convincing the person with a close deadline that their almost complete report is a virus. Then, go on to convince them that they have to delete it with a screwdriver or the company could lose thousands of computers. Before you do that, it hardly counts as funny, let alone evil.