Post #135671 by Monkeyman on Sat, Jan 15, 2005 12:02 AM

I hope I am not giving the wrong idea here. Its not like I spend a disproportionate time on the web. I do have a busy day from start to finish and it could easily be determined if I wasnt getting my work done.

The problem is that I may work on a single spreadsheet or project for 3-4 hours straight (with no "fresh air","coke machine" or "smoke breaks") but it always seems that if I have the web open for two stinking minutes someone inevitably walks past my desk and sees it. The giant word TIKI is easy to read from a distance.

The folks seeing it are not I.T. gestapo or my managers, its just the peer group sizing you up and making generalizations about your entire work day based on what they see happening on your screen during that two minutes.

Yes it could be my own paranoia and they could not know anything or not care but it still bugs me. Yes I know I could also just not check TC while at work but sometimes its just the break in the action I need to let my brain discharge.

Thanks everyone for your very real and helpful answers.