If you could watch porn at work... would you?

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would you look at porn at work if it was allowed

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preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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I remember spidey admitted to using his phone to rub one out in a private work bathroom...

That reminds me, what happened to spidey? Is he still around or did he get banned for something?
 

Slick Mcflicken

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Jul 20, 2010
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Nope, just marriage. "Not thinking through your right head son, you're going to get caught." Easy Pleasie Wake up with Member in Squeasie!:eek:
 

RelaxTheMind

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i work at home and i thought thats what virtual desktops and vpns were created for.

you mean people use multiple monitors for more than porn while working?
 

DaTT

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You're right. I'm just constitutionally unable to work that way. I used to know a security guy at a weapons manufacturer who's entire job consisted of watching two other guys work, going to the bathroom with them and, filling out reports on his observations. I would go crazy and shoot up the place in under a month.

My entire job is watching other people work. More than 2 people though, for instance there were 94 people on site today. On average about 50 people.
 

nageov3t

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Feb 18, 2004
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I'm always amazed at the number of people with jobs that 1. allow them to go to non work related sites, 2. have time to go to non work related sites and, 3. can stand to work at a job where significant portions of their day is doing nothing.

I figure it's no different than the guys who spend 20 minutes chatting around the water cooler or take smoke breaks every other hour.

as long as the work get done, my boss doesn't really care what I do while, say, waiting for some process or other to complete.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Jun 19, 2004
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My entire job is watching other people work. More than 2 people though, for instance there were 94 people on site today. On average about 50 people.

There's a difference between managing/supervising/directing and, simply observing. Tell me if all you ever did was observe that you wouldn't be a fruitloop in short order.
 

Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003
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I could if I wanted to but I don't. During night shifts or weekend day shifts I'm the only one in the building.

I tend to just browse forums, reddit, watch movies/TV shows etc... My job is network monitoring so if nothing needs actioned as long as I keep an eye on stuff I can pretty much do what I want otherwise. I love this job. :p I sometimes even VPN to my house and just work on code or what not, though coding on a laptop screen sucks so I don't do it all that often. Maybe light duty stuff. If I really feel inclined, and perhaps I need to do this more often, I might do training. :p Just discovered a company training site the other day actually, it has TONS of resources. I need to take advantage of that.
 

Carson Dyle

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Jul 2, 2012
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I'm always amazed at the number of people with jobs that 1. allow them to go to non work related sites, 2. have time to go to non work related sites and, 3. can stand to work at a job where significant portions of their day is doing nothing.

I'm amazed by companies that treat their employees like children. And by the employees who put up with being treated like children.
 

Jeff7

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Fast fiber connection at work.

No fiber connection at home.


:hmm:



I'm always amazed at the number of people with jobs that 1. allow them to go to non work related sites, 2. have time to go to non work related sites and, 3. can stand to work at a job where significant portions of their day is doing nothing.
I take it you don't have breaks or lunchtime where you work?


I will say though that some people there spend a rather amazing amount of non-break time on non-work websites and similar diversions, seemingly with few consequences.
 
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DaTT

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There's a difference between managing/supervising/directing and, simply observing. Tell me if all you ever did was observe that you wouldn't be a fruitloop in short order.

My job is a Construction Inspector. I watch things get built......and socialize. I love my job.

I would be a little apprehensive about taking the workers to the washroom though.
 

PaulBrown

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Dec 12, 2014
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Nope, I don't think so. I'm only checking pornhub, theporndude, xhamster,... when I can jerk off and I don't see myself do that at work :D
 
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biostud

Lifer
Feb 27, 2003
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I could, but I don't. Doesn't belong there, and simply idiotic to do at a school as a teacher.
 

SlickSnake

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May 29, 2007
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Watching porn all day is about as pointless, boring and stupid as watching traffic drive by. So why would you want to do it at work? Unless you work in porn.
 

The Day Dreamer

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I totally would. My only concern is I wouldn't get any actual work done.

Exactly my concern, otherwise its a GO. I wish there was a way to take out your testosterones during work and then inject them back :p. Would make me 10 x more productive and successful :D
 

Harrod

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I overheard on a conference call one day, "Oh, and if you have been watching porn at your desk, stop, you will be fired." Apparently a guy at a redundant NOC was watching it at work, they were setup in a call center environment, so there really wasn't anything stopping people from seeing what you were working on. I told another co-worker in another group about it, and he said, "So is that all he was doing, are you telling me there was someone sitting at work all day with an unattended boner?"
 

IndyColtsFan

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Sep 22, 2007
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A few jobs ago, I was an IT Manager and you'd be amazed at the things we'd see:

1. At one point, the company wasn't doing well and layoffs were necessary. We had a proxy server and a custom application which would parse the proxy logs and enter the results into a database. Through the application, you could then search for terms. This played a huge role on who was laid off. You'd be surprised at the number of mild-mannered family people who would watch porn at the office. One religious guy with 2 kids (believe the wife was a stay-at-home mom) was actually surfing a site called barnyardf***king.com. Yeah, he got laid off.

2. One of my employees was a porn surfer and what made it worse in his case was the fact he was an IT employee and knew it was being logged. I should've fired the moron but gave him a warning instead and then he got the bright idea of using dial-up to access porn instead. Yeah, should've fired him....