Work Suckage

[cbtreks]

Apparently we're using too much Internet at work. Actually, what it is is that our Internet access has been (comparitively) slow recently and TPTB think it's at least partially due to too much non-work-related Internet access during the day. In order to determine how much more, if any, resources we need, they'll be running a thorough check on the system along with doing some monitoring - something they generally haven't done before - and have told us outright not to use the 'net for personal business during work hours. I'm dying here! I (and several others that I'm aware of) usually keep the Internet open in the background for a good chunk of the day and then when I have a few minutes here or there, check e-mail, livejournal, what have you. I can't do that anymore - and believe me, I felt paranoid the three times I hurriedly checked mail during the day today - enough so not to do it anymore. I'm completely aware that I'm complaining about something I don't have a right to complain about, especially since we're free to use the Internet all we want on our own time, but it sure is annoying. I may end up getting that phone line installed yet. (I wanted cable access but couldn't get it where I live right now.) In any case, if I'm slow answering e-mails or commenting in ljs, it's because I can't get to it just any time I want now.

Fortunately, that's the only real suckage at work. It could be much worse!