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To: LisaMalia
Wow, sounds a bit hypocritical to me! Lots of people have a certain amount of "downtime" on their job. So it's ok to surf the net and post on a message board during "downtime", but not to take a 5 minute smoke break.

Personal attacks aside, here's the difference. Surfing the internet, playing Solitare, ect ... is done AT YOUR DESK. You are available to drop things, and help someone at a moments notice. People have little or no problem leaving their computer in the middle of a sentence, to help, assist or pick up other dutites.

However, a smoker is outside, away from their job; and 99.9% of the time has this response when asked to do something "I'll be back in a minute, as soon as I finish this cigarette". The world has to stop and wait until the smoker has finished. That's the difference. If I sit at my desk and have a staring contest at my phone, time is wasted; but I'm available immediately.

69 posted on 04/05/2004 9:44:51 AM PDT by Hodar (With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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To: Hodar
I should have pinged you on #66.
71 posted on 04/05/2004 9:47:31 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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