Office (non-) workers

So we're told today that the average office worker puts in only 4 hours a day. The other 4 go on surfing, private emails, unnecessary phone calls and idle gossip.

I can believe all that. The translation department where I worked in-house was a hotbed for much more time-wasting besides.

Best were the 2 colleagues next door, who'd lock themselves in at midday and ask to be left undisturbed for an hour. 40 winks it was, apparently. They were probably lucky to clock up even 3 hours of service a day.

After 5 years I quit in disgust. I'm just glad I'm not paying anyone to work for me in my office.