From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 20:22:12 MST
National Slacker Day May Be Too Much Effort
February 22, 2002 6:49 am EST
LONDON (Reuters) - British workers were urged to do nothing Friday to
mark the country's second National Slacker Day, although a poll released
Thursday suggested that many think they do little enough already.
National Slacker Day was launched by a clothing and record company
called Oncus to remind people that life does not revolve around the
office and to persuade Britons to stay in bed and relax on Feb. 22.
However, a survey by MyVoice, a polling company, suggested slacking was
an ongoing activity, with two-thirds of respondents saying they would
get as much done and would be more effective if the country switched to
a four-day working week. Almost one third of the workers polled said
they surfed the net for an hour or more every day for non-work related
reasons.
Three-quarters of respondents said they used office time for personal
e-mail and correspondence and 59 percent used work time to call family
and friends.
Among reasons for loafing at work, 13 percent blamed boredom, one in 10
said they did not have enough work, and 3 percent said they hated their
job.
The organizer of Slacker Day was not available for comment. A supporter
said: "I can't get in touch with him -- he probably can't get out of
bed."
-- Walter Watts Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc. "To err is human. To really screw things up requires a bare-naked command line and a wildcard operator."
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