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Stylish Dinosaur
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We have (had, at this point) a new employee in the office ... beginning in August. As with any new employee, his productiveness was rather low at first, but with this fellow, it never really picked up.
Rather quickly we became aware that he was devoting up to five hours a day to his favorite website -- posting comments on their various fora -- yet was turning in 8+ hours of time billable to his assigned project.
I had a talk with him ... he denied time spent in activity other than work ... even as his preferred Internet site was present on his computer screen (albeit diminished). As I got up to leave, I reached over and clicked restore ... to let him know I hadn't missed seeing it. I then tracked his time very closely and confirmed fully what we expected ... yet still he denied it. I even installed a small mirror (ostensibly for the purpose of feng shui) but which allowed me to see his monitor from an empty desk ... which I proceeded to occupy from time to time. Sometimes he'd be at the site for an hour or more without a minute given to work.
Well, he was fired ... at which time he finally confessed, "I'm sorry, I'm addicted to 'Internet Forum Debate' and can’t stop.”
Anyone here addicted … or care to comment about it?
Rather quickly we became aware that he was devoting up to five hours a day to his favorite website -- posting comments on their various fora -- yet was turning in 8+ hours of time billable to his assigned project.
I had a talk with him ... he denied time spent in activity other than work ... even as his preferred Internet site was present on his computer screen (albeit diminished). As I got up to leave, I reached over and clicked restore ... to let him know I hadn't missed seeing it. I then tracked his time very closely and confirmed fully what we expected ... yet still he denied it. I even installed a small mirror (ostensibly for the purpose of feng shui) but which allowed me to see his monitor from an empty desk ... which I proceeded to occupy from time to time. Sometimes he'd be at the site for an hour or more without a minute given to work.
Well, he was fired ... at which time he finally confessed, "I'm sorry, I'm addicted to 'Internet Forum Debate' and can’t stop.”
Anyone here addicted … or care to comment about it?