HOW TO WASTE TIME AT WORK

(June, 2015) A survey from CareerBuilder finds the most common ways that employees waste time at the office:
1. Cell phones/texting: 52 percent
2. The Internet: 44 percent
3. Gossip: 37 percent
4. Social media: 36 percent
5. Email: 31 percent
6. Co-workers dropping by: 27 percent
7. Meetings: 26 percent
8. Smoke breaks/snack breaks: 27 percent
9. Noisy co-workers: 17 percent
10. Just sitting in a cubicle: 10 percent

The survey also broke down the strangest activities on the job:
– Employee was taking a sponge bath in the bathroom sink.
– Employee was trying to hypnotize other employees to stop their smoking habits.
– Employee was visiting a tanning bed in lieu of making deliveries.
– Employee was looking for a mail order bride.
– Employee was playing a video game on their cell phone while sitting in a bathroom stall.
– Employee was drinking vodka while watching Netflix.
– Employee was sabotaging another employee’s car tires.
– Employee was sleeping on the CEO’s couch.
– Employee was writing negative posts about the company on social media.
– Employee was sending inappropriate pictures to other employees.
– Employee was searching Google images for “cute kittens.”
– Employee was making a model plane.
– Employee was flying drones around the office.
– Employee was printing pictures of animals, naming them after employees and hanging them in the work area.
* Drinking vodka while watching Netflix? That one kind of jumps out at you, doesn’t it?
* Hmm … It doesn’t say what kind of government job that was either.
* Excuse me, but it’s not like we have enough free time at home for all this stuff.
* Wait, if these are true then how come the economy’s doing so great?
* Oh, I get it … the economy’s not doing that great … never mind.
* Now I’m wondering how that mail order bride worked out.
* The key isn’t just to avoid work. The key is to look like you’re working.
* The ones “just sitting in a cubicle”? Maybe you should check for a pulse.
* PHONE TOPIC: What is the strangest thing you’ve seen someone do at your office?