Quote Originally Posted by sasvermont View Post
I think employers are going to wise up soon and continue to ask employees to spend their time doing work - and not playing. Sorry if this offens you. If you have so much down time that you can play on the internet, then maybe your job isn't so necessary.
Wow, this is very presumptuous and arrogant. Now I understand why you had such a hard time at work and needed to get out of there. If you exhibited this attitude to your co-workers I am sure they were not very pleasant to you in turn. There are so many ways the same thing could have been said without being offensive.

I am on PT on my lunch hour. Why? Because the other three people in my unit go out to lunch and it always takes over an hour to get back which leaves the unit uncovered for long periods of time. I always bring my lunch (don't make enough to go out), and don't mind answering the phone and questions/problems that come up. Prior to discovering Pet Talk I would read the paper. People who are more interested in playing than working will spend more time playing than working, no matter what the IT people do. I have one co-worker that on several occasions has been on her cell phone, desk phone, and a co-worker's phone all at the same time on personal business.

I have noticed that you haven't been around as much, and did, in fact, miss seeing Sunny and hearing about her escapades. I guess I will just have to make sure I check out her doggie diary more often.