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Usetimewiselybyslackingoff(excerpt) ByEricWeiner LosAngelesTimes:September11,2007 ArecentsurveyfoundthatthetypicalAmericanworkerwastesslightlymorethantwohoursaday,notincluding lunchandscheduledbreak
Usetimewiselybyslackingoff(excerpt)
ByEricWeiner LosAngelesTimes:September11,2007
ArecentsurveyfoundthatthetypicalAmericanworkerwastesslightlymorethantwohoursaday,notincluding lunchandscheduledbreaks.Theinsuranceindustryisparticularlyrifewithtimewasters(canyoublamethem?)and Missouri,forreasonsnotentirelyclear,isthestatewiththehighestpercentageofslackers.
TheNo.1timewastingactivityissurfingtheInternetandsendingpersonalemails(afindingperhapsskewedbythe factthatthesurvey,conductedbyAOLandsalary.com,wasWebbased),followedbysocializingwithcoworkers, conductingpersonalbusinessandjustplain"spacingout."Allofthisloafingissupposedlycostingemployers$759 billionayearinlostproductivity.
Theelevationofhardworktothestatusofnoblepursuitis,inthesweepofhumanhistory,relativelyrecent.The ancientGreeksandRomansviewedhardworkasacurse.
Attitudestowardworkdiffernotonlyacrosstimebutalsoplace.CorinneMaier'sappropriatelyslimvolume,"Bonjour Laziness:WhyHardWorkDoesn'tPay,"advocatedthatworkersresortto"activedisengagement"attheoffice.Itwas abestsellerinFrance.
Whenitcomestointerspersingworkandfrivolity,nobodybeatstheThais."Ifajobisn'tsanukfunit'shardly worthdoing,"ThaiarchitectSumetJumsaitoldmeoveraScotchathisBangkokofficerecently.
Inthiscountry,thereistalkoftryingtoderailtheofficeslackersbyblockingaccesstoFacebookandothertimewastingwebsites.Despiteallofthisfretting,wearenoslackernation.TheU.N.'sInternationalLaborOrganization recentlyissuedareportthatfoundthattheU.S.leadstheworldinworkerproductivityandbyawidemargin.
Sowhydowefeellikesuchslackers?Foronething,weareanationambivalentaboutwork.Webothcherishitand resentit.Isuspectthatsomeofthisloafingisasubtleformofrevenge.Withworknowsloshingoverintopersonal time(thinkBlackBerry),itseemsonlynaturalthatpersonaltimeshouldsloshbackintowork.Technologyisfast renderingdistinctionsbetween"work"and"leisure"meaningless.
Goofingoffisnotawasteoftimewell,notalways.ExhibitA:AlbertEinstein.Hewasaworldclassloafer.In1905, hewasworkingasaclerkataSwisspatentoffice,spendingalotoftimespacingout.A"respectablefederalink pisser"ishowEinsteindescribedhimself.Yetitwasatwork,daydreamingoneday,watchingabuilderonanearby rooftop,thatheexperienced"thehappiestthoughtofmylife"athoughtthatsoonblossomedintohis"special theoryofrelativity."
ThustherecentWebsurveygetstotheheartoftheparadox.Weareanationofdoers,hardworkers,yetwearealso anationofideas,bigideas.ThesetwoaspectsoftheAmericanpersonalityconstantlyrubagainsteachother;great ideasrequireidleness,butidlenessmakesusuncomfortable.
Inawellorganizedessay,offeryourownopinionaboutthebenefitsand/ordrawbacksofwastingtime. Perhapsconsiderworkthatyouconductthroughajoborasastudent,orthetypeofworkthatis expectedofpeoplewhohavejobsinyourmajororfieldofstudy.Perhapsconsiderattitudesaboutwork andwastingtimethatarecentraltoyou,yourfamily,yournationality,oryourethnicity.Besuretofully developyouranswer.Usethereadingmaterialasneeded.
