U.S. Government Crippled by Sex, Gaming Sites 283
BobB writes "The U.S. Department of the Interior's inspector general has released a report that says department employees are wasting their taxpayer-funded work time going to prohibited web sites. Some of these sites relate to sex, computer games, gambling and auctions. The study found that almost $2 billion a year in productivity was being lost to these 'excessive indulgences.'" From the article: "Computer-use logs revealed more than 4,732 entries relating to sexually explicit Web sites and gambling sites. Some computers accessed sex sites for 30 to 60 minutes during the test period. More than 1 million log entries were discovered indicating 7,763 Department computer users spent 2,004-plus hours accessing game and auction sites. Extrapolated over the year, that could account for 100,000 lost work hours. Put another way, this would equal 50 full-time employees doing nothing but surfing online game and auction sites."
Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
I just have one question: are they taking applications?
50 full time employees (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Who's doing it, tho? (Score:5, Funny)
Not Me!
I waste my time at work reading Slashdot
er... wait a minute....
It's all legitimate, I tell ya! (Score:5, Funny)
Not me... (Score:5, Funny)
(reload)(reload)(reload)(reload)Yay, new article!
in further news (Score:3, Funny)
Same old, same old... (Score:1, Funny)
Q. How many people work for the government?
A. About half of them.
Q. What do you get when you put 50 lesbians and 50 gov't workers in the same room?
A. 100 people who don't do dick.
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
I dunno, but if there are that many government employees going to auction sites, I'm gonna go try to sell my hammer on eBay for $600...
Re:Not me... (Score:3, Funny)
(reads headline) Oh... interesting... apparently C++ has died... again...
Re:Who's doing it, tho? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who's doing it, tho? (Score:3, Funny)
So to this story, you could almost reply, "Would it make ya feel any betta, if they was just surfin Slashdot?"
*Please, please, don't make a pro/anti-gun flamewar branch off of this, I beg you.
Re:Rational analysis (Score:3, Funny)
you mean like every corporation?
New Study Results (Score:2, Funny)
These employees have other problems... (Score:1, Funny)
Wow. These guys are slow!
Re:Who's doing it, tho? (Score:2, Funny)
(ehem)
"I think guns are the best thing in the whole world, 'cause I hate them and they're awful. Because of that, you suck."
Rebuttals welcome.
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Funny)