Not to mention the large number of developers who go home only to spend more hours working. That's been my 'life' for years. I've had to spend a lot of time after school running my daughter around to various events and I would return afterwards to put her to bed and hit the computer again. Same on weekends. We would go hiking, biking, to football games she cheered at, or swimming. Then back to the computer. She is older now and has her own car so I have nothing to force me to take a break. I tend to take little breaks throughout the day and overall I'm working from the moment I get up until I hit the sack minus the breaks online. It used to drive my daughter nuts but I cannot stand to have something unfinished (a flaw of mine) and I will just keep going until it is done or I collapse. I'm also an avid reader. I tend to finish a book every 3-4 days on average (although if it is a real page turner I'll finish it in a day). I learned speed reading as a child and it totally spoils the experience. When I'm not on the computer, I'm reading (which is why I like hard cover references). One thing I do though is force myself to get up every morning and hit the treadmill. If I didn't my life would be spent sitting and I might never have the energy to get up again! :o)


>Seems to me that it is reasonable to conclude that the employer was perfectly satisfied with Naomi's "throughput" despite the fact that she may have spent a good deal of time online.
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>>LOL.. You're a piece of work. Suspect? Add up the total number of times she's on during the days in question, then come to the same conclusion. She was spending more time on the thread than she was working; obviously her employer thought so also.
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>>Why don't you stick to the topics at hand and quit nit-picking the periphery.
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>>>Are you a detective? FBI? CIA? How could I know you work 10 hours a day and be here only 20 times 3 minutes (adding up to one hour)? Would you take offense if I said that I think your behavior here is suspect?
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>>>>Yes, I agree, but there is a fine line between posting during business hours and abusing the privilege. I often wondered how Naomi could answer question after question (sometimes within seconds of the posting) while being at work. I'm not excusing Kramek et. al. at all, but Naomi's behavior here was suspect also. I work about 10-12 hours per day, so even if I post an hour a day, they are still getting their money's worth.
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>>>>>Agreed. But, those of us who post at work should let our managers know what we are doing and how much time we are using to do it. I have had three different managers where I work, all aware that I post during business hours. None have expressed concerns that it interferes with job duties.
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>>>>>>The minute that our time is micromanaged to the point that we can't post gere dir fear of employer retribution is the minute this site, and those like it, go dark.
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