Shocker! Internet Is Lazy Workers' Timewasting Vector Of Choice

The latest "according to an online survey" story from Reuters is about workplace timewasters. In short, internet is, by far, the word's favored delivery system for goofing off.

"Personal Internet use topped the list as the leading time-wasting activity according to 34 percent of respondents, with 20.3 percent then listing socializing with co-workers and 17 percent conducting personal business as taking up time."

Any competent manager knows that cutting off the internet just moves the problem to the staff room, the water-cooler or the smoking area — such people will stare at the wall sooner than get back to work. That said, if yours decides to cut off your access to the world-wide drivel-drip, remember: it is the twenty-first century. All you need to get back online is a USB wireless cell-modem or a thusly-equipped UMPC. Also: iPhone.

Wasting time at work? You're not alone: survey [Reuters]