I am a normal office worker. I come in everyday sit at my cube and unless I have something really urgent to do, I go through my normal routine of breakfast and the news. During the day I take random breaks by either reading more news or going to the shitter and playing Wipeout Pure or perhaps watching some anime. I rarely if ever play video games on my office computer, mostly because they are wack. There are far better things on the internet to see and do besides playing lame ass minesweeper (which is a holdover from Windows 3.1, and probably even older than that). The point here is that we are not machines, those of us that work in the common corporate setting cannot work from the time we walk in to the time we leave at the end of the day. In fact, breaks whether they take the form of conversations with co-workers, a word jumble here and there, or a few minutes playing Solitaire are integral to getting the most out of employees in an environment that really taxes a person's mental ability. You would think that in such a bureaucracy as NYC's government that they would understand that, apparently Mayor Bloomberg did not get that memo. A man was recently fired by Mayor Bloomberg when the mayor visited an office and spotted a game of solitaire running on the employee's computer. Saying that the workplace was not a time for games but was a time for you to do what you were paid for, Bloomberg supported his no-tolerance policy. This is freakin bogus. The article mentions no prior offenses this employee had because he had none. He was paid $27,000 a year (that's NYC dollars people, not normal money) and worked in the office for 6 years. This has got to be illegal, but this guy doesn't even seem like he cares that much. As far as I know from the article, this guy did not have any other misgivings other than the fact that he liked a stupid card game and played it sometimes. I wish someone would fire me for something so trivial. Maybe at $27,000/year this guy could actually make a decent wage suing the city for everything he can. What was Bloomberg doing when he was visiting him? Was he "Hard At work" touring various offices which I am sure have no bearing on his day to day work, taking pictures with people and shaking hands which is a waste of the money NYC folks are paying him. Maybe someone should fire his ass.
In other weird news it seems that the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA is protesting the GTA games (who isn't) for depicting the beating and raping of prostitutes in a good light by awarding points to a player that commits the heinous acts. Listen everyone cause I am only gonna say this once. GTA is a VIDEO GAME. It is fictional and depicts things that would otherwise be seen as ludicrous, dangerous, and generally heinous in real society. I can beat up old ladies in that game but I don't see an old people alliance going after game. The prostitutes say that showing this violence influences minors to commit violent acts against prostitutes. You know what also does the same thing, society as we tell our tell kids and everyone else that what you do is dirty and one of the lowest possible "jobs" in society. Why don't you protest US culture? The cry against GTA has got to stop. I wish someone would just think of the children and there need for fun and healthy expression of violence against whores, pimps, rival gang leaders and pretty much anyone who gets in there way while on a mission.
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