Blocked!
Last night at work, I found we had been blocked from a number of websites. Management began blocking our access a few weeks ago shortly after our union filed a court injunction against them for contract violations. The first to go was Myspace, but we found a backdoor. Next was Blogspot, mainly because of one particular blog, but they decided to deny access to every Blogspot site. They took away Addicting Games, Break, and a number of other mindless entertainment sites.
Before I go on, let me explain something. You may think, “Well if you’re at work you shouldn’t be on those sites anyway.” I argue that it depends on the job. If your job requires you to stay awake until the phone rings, or until someone talks to you, and you have no other responsibilities until one of those two things happens, then what is wrong with those sites? They are mindless entertainment, but they also keep you awake during a long 12-hour shift. They are easy to minimize or close when the phone does ring, or when someone does talk to you. They do not interfere with the job. They could be called one’s link to sanity during those long hours.
Last night, I found out they have blocked Facebook as well. Facebook has become my new favorite website. Because of the built-in chat feature, I can have conversations with friends who live far away, who keep the same hours I do. This is really my only chance to talk to them instantaneously. Now that has been taken away as well.
The backdoor to Myspace is also gone, so those friends who I have been in contact with through there, well they’ll just have to wait a half a day for me to respond to anything they write.
What’s next? E-mail? FoxNews? WordPress???
Before long we’ll be piling up all the books that we read at work and burning them.
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