Avoid work now, ask me how

In news just to hand, it's been discovered that workers will goof off if they get the chance instead of doing any work. Colour Rabid surprised. Not.

The only thing newsworthy about this story is that the Internet lets bosses actually measure exactly how much futzing their staff engage in. It's not like they weren't goofing off before technology came along.

Of course all this only applies to so-called knowledge workers - those with the knowledge to avoid work. It's hard to imaging anyone surfing the 'net while operating a 40-tonne sheet-metal press, but then again, it might explain some missing fingers.

And of course, the report doesn't really suggest ways to give the workers something worth doing, just another offering of some software to crack the electronic whip. Maybe if the bosses also stopped futzing they'd notice what their staff are doing - or not doing - all day.