One a fine summer Monday, I went to office hoping to get a bunch of things crossed out on my list of things to do. I got through emails and started with a couple of things by the lunch time. I opened the lunch box on my desk (yeah, I don't take lunch breaks) and as I tried to chew a mouthful (when you're hungry, you tend to shove the food through) I suddenly remembered that the summer Olympics had just started over the weekend. I quickly searched for the online live link and started watching it with the window sized to a half of the second screen I use. I continued to do my work with constant distraction of watching the Olympic events. I sometimes even stopped my work completely to catch some important moments of the sports. I was not able to get things done as much as I was hoping to.
This happened on three or four days of the two weeks that the Olympics were held with different levels of distraction. A few days later, I started to wonder if what I did was unethical. I did not miss any deadlines nor my work was impacted too much by watching the sporting event during the work hours, but I have to admit it was certainly a distraction.
What do you think? Would watching news or even listening to music online at your work be wrong?
This happened on three or four days of the two weeks that the Olympics were held with different levels of distraction. A few days later, I started to wonder if what I did was unethical. I did not miss any deadlines nor my work was impacted too much by watching the sporting event during the work hours, but I have to admit it was certainly a distraction.
What do you think? Would watching news or even listening to music online at your work be wrong?
