[plug] Test - No messages today

[Jonathan Young]

Sure.  Plus extended lunch breaks and smokos, right?

Sometimes I suggest that staff bring in their mates or significant other
as well so that they can feel as little like they are actually working
as possible!

/sarc

I'm just kidding by the way... I'm not telling people what to do.

Phil put out a poll of sorts, so I was just answering and my work ethic
tends to be, if it's not work related... it gets done somewhere else!

On 11/24/2005, "Chris Crawford" <ccrawford at hgait.net.au> wrote:

>Thats a bit rough
>I encourge it :)
>icq 2835288
>
>
>
>On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 15:32 +0800, Jonathan Young wrote:
>> I banned chat programs in my office (including ICQ) as I don't like
>> paying staff to chat to their friends and interupt their work to do it.
>>
>> ICQ / chat programs (unlike email) have a tendency to distract quite
>> badly.
>>
>> There is still more than enough socialising done via email, so more or
>> less I banned any kind of personal use of our network unless they were
>> taking a lunch break etc.
>>
>> I think that is fair...
>>
>> On 11/24/2005, "Bennett, Phillip" <Phillip.Bennett at bestroads.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >When I can get away with it...  :)
>> >
>> >It's not like I use it a lot, just maybe a couple of messages a month
>> >kind of thing.  I don't talk a lot, I just like to be contactable.
>> >
>> >Does anyone else use this kind of thing at work?  Or have I had it too
>> >easy up until now?  :P
>> >
>> >Phil.
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>> >Behalf Of Kai Jones
>> >Sent: Thursday, 24 November 2005 3:26 PM
>> >To: plug at plug.org.au
>> >Subject: Re: [plug] Test - No messages today
>> >
>> >
>> >You use ICQ at work ?!
>> >
>> >Bennett, Phillip wrote:
>> >> Thanks. :)  I was beginning to wonder what was going on.  Group Policy
>> >
>> >> has been forced upon me today.  I can't even run ICQ! :(  Thought it
>> >> might have been some more of the same thing.  The IT people are
>> >> getting creative these days...
>> >>
>> >> Phil.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>> >> Behalf Of Senectus .
>> >> Sent: Thursday, 24 November 2005 3:23 PM
>> >> To: plug at plug.org.au
>> >> Subject: Re: [plug] Test - No messages today
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> yeah it's been a little quiet
>> >>
>> >> On 11/24/05, Bennett, Phillip <Phillip.Bennett at bestroads.com.au>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> Just wondering if the list is (exceptionally) quiet today, or if my
>> >>> email admin is blocking the emails today.....
>> >>>
>> >>> Guess I'll find out if this one comes back to me.
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