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Poor Work Performance Blamed on Internet
AP ^ | Tue Jan 24, 2006

Posted on 01/24/2006 8:57:52 AM PST by presidio9

About 20 percent of government staff in one Malaysian state use the Internet for personal activities including downloading pornography, music and games, the national news agency reported Tuesday.

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This was one of the main causes of poor work performance in Johor state, Bernama said quoting a top state official, Norsiah Harun, adding that large file downloads also considerably slowed the state government's computer system.

Norsiah said the government viewed the matter seriously and would enforce the relevant regulations soon. She reminded all department heads to be firm in tackling the problem and to remind their staff of their responsibilities, Bernama said.

"Government staff are also reminded not to take too long during morning and afternoon breaks," she said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: deathculture; gluedtomydesk; internet; workplace

1 posted on 01/24/2006 8:57:53 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Nope - it must be that dat-burned Free Republic!


2 posted on 01/24/2006 9:00:58 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: presidio9
Pogo.com is the bain of all mankind.

(Solitaire anyone?)

3 posted on 01/24/2006 9:01:02 AM PST by Nachum
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To: presidio9

Are they not working because of the net, or are they on the net because they have nothing to do?


4 posted on 01/24/2006 9:01:12 AM PST by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: presidio9

I have no comment on this story.


5 posted on 01/24/2006 9:01:45 AM PST by Constitution Day (It's only January, and I vote the phrase 'culture of death' the most overused of 2006.)
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To: presidio9
One... it's a government agency

Two... It's in Malaysia...

Three.. It's the Malaysian Government...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

What did they expect?

6 posted on 01/24/2006 9:16:42 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
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To: Constitution Day

What net?
I ain't been on no net..!!!


7 posted on 01/24/2006 9:17:28 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: presidio9

As work intrudes more and more into our personal life, work can expect the personal life to spill over.


8 posted on 01/24/2006 9:18:07 AM PST by mysterio
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To: Constitution Day

I just used "DEATHCULTURE" as a keyword for my first time in 2006.


9 posted on 01/24/2006 9:20:46 AM PST by presidio9 (Mister Trouble never comes around when he hears this Mighty sound)
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To: presidio9

It's not that I disagree that such a culture exists...
Freepers (as usual) have picked the phrase up and are flinging it around like a shiny new toy.


10 posted on 01/24/2006 9:22:17 AM PST by Constitution Day (It's only January, and I vote the phrase 'culture of death' the most overused of 2006.)
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To: presidio9

Personally, my work productivity goes through the roof the week after a Packers loss. I avoid the Internet like the plaque, don't want to read anything about it.

And yes, that means I was uncommonly productive this season....


11 posted on 01/24/2006 9:23:34 AM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: presidio9

Malaysian DMV bump.


12 posted on 01/24/2006 9:23:50 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: Constitution Day

Anything that keeps them from obsessing over "Bird Flu" can't be all bad.


13 posted on 01/24/2006 9:25:24 AM PST by presidio9 (Mister Trouble never comes around when he hears this Mighty sound)
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To: presidio9

Surely, blame falls at the feet of that timeless culprit, Miss Management.


14 posted on 01/24/2006 9:26:17 AM PST by auboy
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Wait, did I just suggest that the "Culture of Death" can't be all bad?


15 posted on 01/24/2006 9:26:21 AM PST by presidio9 (Mister Trouble never comes around when he hears this Mighty sound)
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To: presidio9

i'm at work right now...ha, ha, ha


16 posted on 01/24/2006 9:27:12 AM PST by NoClones
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