Oct 18 2007
Workin’ off…
I was downtown hanging up flyers for my upcoming Halloween show, when walking by a bunch of newspaper machines, this USA TODAY headline caught my eye: “Technology makes porn easier to access at work”. Hmmm, I’ll have to go home and read that one. So I did, and yep, apparently quite a few people are looking at porn while at work:
About 16% of men who have access to the Internet at work acknowledged having seen porn while on the job, according to a survey for Websense by Harris Interactive in 2006. Eight percent of women said they had. But of those who acknowledged viewing porn sites at work, only 6% of men and 5% of women acknowledged that they had done so intentionally.
But it had me scratching my head. I don’t have a problem with porn, although I do think that with rare exceptions, most internet porn is pretty lame. But who the hell wants to look at porn at work, fer Chrissake? Sure, there may be something to be said for that sneaky little romp with a co-worker in the broom closet if you’re lucky enough to find yourself in that situation (and get away with it), but looking at porn in the office? [smacking forehead]. Besides, when you think about the other thing most people do when looking at porn, are you really going to do that in your cubicle or conference room? Or are they just looking at it so they can pop off a round on the way home in the car while remembering it or something? 20 years ago, would these people have been sitting at their desk with a copy of Hustler behind that copy of Forbes? I’m not denying these statistics or anything, I just don’t get it. And I hope that no one else uses their computer keyboards, either.
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