Considering that Tristram is where the series started, it's one of those places you should spell correctly. The area has a huge importance on the series as a whole.

What if you hire a contractor to do some work to your house, a house that you currently live in. They promise they will be done in one week. Sure, they get done in that one week, but for three of the hours a day that they're there they actually aren't doing any work. You're telling me that what they're doing is none of my business. I call bullshit on that idea.

You would be infuriated that this person wasn't working. In that 5 day work week, that's an extra 15 hours sooner the job would have been done and that they would have been out of your house. Once you see someone that you're paying screwing off, your opinion rapidly changes. It also brings up some other issues, like their dedication to customer service, their seriousness, and quality concerns. You would also feel the same way about a car garage. When I'm paying, whether it's hourly or contract, what you do is my business. Fortunately most businesses operate in that mindset that it is my business and that I'm allowed to "audit" them as I please. They understand customer service is key.

While I could have worded that better, I think you're missing my point. The person paying you wants their project done is as quickly as possible with as few hassles as possible. Paying you to do a lot of nothing is infuriating. You're expected to be productive, whether it's directly to that project or indirectly. And no, doing a crossword puzzle on my dime is not indirect productivity.

I disagree with this. A lot of people have a predisposition before they even start a job. A lot of times that attitude can't be seen through an interview. Some people just do not want to conform to a companies standards. They act like entitled children. They have a complaint about everything and they feel they could run things better. They refuse to look at things from the companies perspective and every action towards them is negative, even when you're rewarding them!

Others just simply can't be motivated. They claim nice perks would better motivate them, but when you hand them those perks, it lasts for a month. Why should I keep rewarding you if you aren't going to keep working harder than the bare minimum?

Regardless of what your company is currently allowing you to do, why do you feel it's acceptable to get paid to do something that's entirely not related to work? This is what they're paying you to do. It's one thing to do indirect items that still assist the company, but it's another to do something that is entirely unrelated. Would you pay someone to do something completely unrelated? I highly doubt you would. The reason I say this is that I find most people only find it okay when they do certain things, but when the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly it's not cool anymore.

Bottom line, what you've done is highly unprofessional.

I'm a bit curious as to what your work experience is. The reason I ask is that most people only work hard enough to keep a job. Many people who post here will even claim as much. This really means that they rarely give it their all at any point in the week. After all, they're just doing the bare minimum. Anyone who has managed more than themselves will see this at some point in their career. Your whole position is either a deluded dream, or you work at a top tier company with top tier talent, something the majority will never see.

That's easily countered with them learning a language that would benefit the company.

What if you were paying someone by a set rate to get a project done. Would you want to pay them for that 20% of the time that they would be using to do nothing towards your project? Personnel enrichment is fine as long as its focused. I have experience managing people. You can't trust everyone to do something that would ultimately benefit the company without some supervision.

Why would they prefer stakes over steak? Are they vampire hunters?

By now we all know that the editors don't do a lot of editing. I suggest that people start submitting summaries without spelling errors.