Sure.. why not.. :D

"Sure. Why not."
Leland Gaunt, NEEDFUL THINGS

:D

Michale

If that's what ya have to think to make it thru the day?

Sure.. why not.. :D

Michale

When you say "totally irrelevant part" do you mean the entire five paragraphs of the story rather than the click bait headline?

Of course you would say that...

You pull a totally irrelevant part of an article out of context and ignore everything else that doesn't fit your agenda...

Michale

Would you bother reading an article you don't feel like reading, if you kept getting responses without doing so?

Would you bother reading the article you posted and realize this question has nothing to do with it?

People can check and respond to social media through out the day and still be as productive and any other worker.

Bullshit...

Would you hire someone who checks their facebook constantly during an interview??

Michale

It's true of all LOWER animals...

But humans (at least SOME humans) share a characteristic called "compassion"....

I wouldn't try to cheat someone just to put myself ahead..

What do you think I am!?? A Democrat!!??? :D

Michale

"This lady was being a selfish arse and wanted MORE without being willing to pay more.."

Michale, you have to be FAIR. Getting MORE, or the maximum amount of anything, whether it be food or something else, for the least amount of expenditure of effort that you can get away with, is true of ALL animals. It is not a LEFT WING thing, it is an aspect of NATURE. After all, how many CONSERVATIVES, get money from stock, or investments, or inheritance, without REALLY having to do any PHYSICAL WORK, or produce an actual TANGIBLE product, for it? How is the CEO earning 60 million dollars for his stock in addition to his salary, for not doing any MORE work than he is already doing to earn it, any different from the worker wanting an increase in his minimum wage for not doing any more work than he is already doing? It is the SAME thing.

Your construct that they are staring at facebook for 8 hours straight instead of working has nothing to do with the article you posted. People can check and respond to social media through out the day and still be as productive and any other worker.

And, the simple fact that the Left HAS such an attitude is EXACTLY what is wrong with this country...

Not everyone wants to be Bob Cratchit or work for Ebenezer Scrooge...

Because they CAN'T do what is expected of them and be on social media at the same time..

And, the simple fact that the Left HAS such an attitude is EXACTLY what is wrong with this country...

Michale

Either am I. That is the reason I specifically mentioned Sales. Call center employees were also studied...

We're talking about the guy flipping burgers who demands $20 per hour wants to take time out to check his facebook page and chat..

Ah, no. This is what you are trying to morph the conversation in to. Your linked article is about the upcoming generation who have been plugged into their social circle practically 24/7. The ones who are skilled and/or educated enough to be sought after in the job market are likely to make social media access an important point in accepting an offer. Then goes on to give an example of a business who adapted and offer advice in how your business can too.

The burger flippers are typically low end of the job market enough to not have much choice. They all probably still sneak looks at their phones and shoot of texts now and then regardless of the employer's rules...

Personally, if they can do the job you hire them for, to the level you expect, who cares if they are on social media. They are probably happier employees and will last longer at the job.

Such as..???

Especially with high social jobs like sales the social media users had higher productivity than their co-workers.

Well, Duuuhhhh ..

Yea, if the JOB is social media then it makes sense that social media work would be allowed...

We're not talking about social media jobs... At least I am not..

We're talking about the guy flipping burgers who demands $20 per hour wants to take time out to check his facebook page and chat..

THAT is what I am talking about..

You may be talking about something different.

At least, I HOPE you are...

Michale

And yet many current studies say the exact opposite. Especially with high social jobs like sales the social media users had higher productivity than their co-workers.

The Left seems to have convinced themselves that the world owes them a living without having to do all the yucky, boring, disgusting stuff like WORKING for it...

Michale

Michale

So, you are saying that you would hire someone who insisted on making personal calls and doing personal social media while they are on the clock??

I have to admit, I am shocked..

If a person's mind is on their personal phone calls and Facebooking, etc etc then it is NOT on their job..

They fact that you believe people are entitled to ignore their work in favor of personal activities epitomizes what's wrong with Democrats...

Michale

Dug your lost comment out. I promise to try to keep an eye on the comments while I'm gone.

LizM -

I will be interested in the scuttlebut at the confab too! On all sorts of issues...

:-)

-CW

Anecdotal hysteria does not an argument make. Do you have any statistical proof that productivity is reduced by allowing employees to stay connected to social media while at work? Most the current studies have come to the opposite conclusion...

In any case, please have patience with the site for the next week or so. Thanks to everyone in advance....

Not a problem.

Have fun at your NetRoots Nation get-together and bring back a full report on what the reaction to the Iran nuclear deal is among the folks attending. Of course, I wouldn't mind hearing what you think about it, too!

It's the difference between being the boss and being an employee...

If you are a cop on the beat, how effective are you if you have your nose buried in your smartphone??

If you are a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant (and are NOT named Homer Simpson) how effective can you be if your have your tablet in front of your face???

Your attitude is EXACTLY what's wrong with this country's work force..

Employees want the jobs to bend to THEIR will, THEIR pay requirements, THEIR lifestyle requirements..

That kind know absolutely NOTHING about sacrifice, about actually WORKING and EARNING their pay..

They just want everything handed to them...

That is exactly what is wrong with those on the Left...

"That which is gained without sweat is given away without regret"
-Michale's Wife's Refrigerator Magnet

The Democrat Party and their disciples know absolutely NOTHING of sweat...

Michale

If you are at work and you are typing such an inane question on CW.COM, are you productive?? Are you doing your job!???

Yes. It's called multitasking. Lets take a good example: You. Considering the total volume of your posts through out the entire day, by your own logic you should be homeless bum on welfare and yet somehow you seem to make a functional living even though you post a consistent barrage of "inane" stuff. Why can't the new generation of workers do the same? Or is it a case of do what I say, not as I do?

So.... Social Media is a "modern *NEED*"???

Gossiping and chatting on Facebook is life-sustaining??

Jeeeeze...

Give me a frakin' break...

It wasn't attitudes like that that built this country...

Michale

Really???

*THAT* is your response??

"Where is the proof that people accessing their cell phones and their tablets during work ours lower's productivity!?"

If you are at work and you are typing such an inane question on CW.COM, are you productive?? Are you doing your job!???

You have asked some stoopid questions in your time, Bash, but this one is one for the ages.... :D

Michale

Silly me for expecting that people actually WORK and EARN their pay...

Dam kids! With their new fangled social networks and shiny smart phones! Why in my day we used pay phones, and when they didn't work we tied messages to pigeons and hoped the birds knew where they were going. And the boss would scold us if we used too much paper or tape to attach the messages. Oh, and another thing: STAY OFF MY LAWN!

Have any proof that it lowers productivity? Maybe they are spending less time chatting around the water cooler, going to the bathroom or taking a smoke break. I'm not sure being a stodgy conservative luddite is the answer to this modern need...

Yea... Democrat Party logic.... :^/

Now, scuse me while I pop open another beer.. :D heh

Michale

Yes, a Left Wing rag who epitomizes the worst of the Left Wing of this country says that "those are the best employees" and that employers will have to cater to them..

And it's THAT attitude that is the problem with the Left Wing of this country...

Completely and utterly afraid of hard work...

Michale

Forgive me, but I don't think that those employees who have to suckle the teat of Facebook on a 24/7 basis represents the "best employees of the future..."

I guess I am old-fashioned that way...

Silly me for expecting that people actually WORK and EARN their pay...

Michale

No..

They are creating pampered dependent wanna-bes who don't stand a chance in the real world...

Big difference...

Michale

So the "Entitled Generation, courtesy of your Democrat Cradle-To-Grave-Welfare Party" is creating the best employees of the future. Got it.

3 On Your Side: Many Millennials Would Quit If Not Allowed To Do Personal Tasks At Work
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/07/08/3-on-your-side-many-millennials-would-quit-if-not-allowed-to-do-personal-tasks-at-work/

Welcome to the Entitled Generation, courtesy of your Democrat Cradle-To-Grave-Welfare Party.... :^/

This kind of BS is exactly what I am talking about...

Michale

I had a comment whisked off to NNL... Could ya rescue it??

:D

Michale

I had a lady come into my shop to buy a laptop a while back.. She didn't want to spend a lot of money so she ended up with a med range to lower end HP laptop. Duo Core 1.6ghz w/ 2GB RAM and a 120GB HD.. She paid $150...

A few months later, she came back in and told me that her laptop was too slow and she wanted to trade it in for a faster newer laptop.

But, and this is the important part, she didn't want to pay any more money...

My point??

This lady was being a selfish arse and wanted MORE without being willing to pay more..

So it is with "income equality"...

Lefties want MORE pay without having to work more... They don't want to strive and work harder.. They want to be handed more pay without all that yucky stuff like having to work harder..

That makes about as much logical sense as it would for me to give that lady a better laptop without any more money...

It used to be that you got more pay, you got a raise, when you took on more responsibility. Or when you did your job exceptionally well...

NOW, the Left wants people to get a raise JUST BECAUSE someone else (who IS working harder and IS working more hours) makes more money...

It's selfish.. It's lazy... And it's wrong..

You want higher pay?? Here's a really radical concept..

EARN IT...

Whooaaaaaaa!!

Michale

Yeah, I've been enjoying reading the speeches from all the candidates. Some surprising things in them, that's for sure. Just remember: the media does not pick the candidates, in this day and age, people can do their own research and pick their own!

-CW

First off, thanks for notifying me of the snafu with the spam filter. I've been swamped, getting ready for Netroots Nation, so I have been rather lax at keeping up on the comments.

For everyone else -

Comments that got "eaten" for the past week or so have now been revived. Mea culpa maxima for the delay. And also, sorry for the multiple postings (as above), as I didn't have time to weed them out. I just approved all valid comments waiting in the queue.

In any case, for the next week or so, maintenance will be spotty. Just to warn everyone.

I have a commitment from HuffPost that all of these campaign speech series articles will run there, but some of it will be automated (while I'm driving across the desert), so I can't guarantee there won't be glitches.

In any case, please have patience with the site for the next week or so. Thanks to everyone in advance....

-CW

Have to give a shout-out to Occupy. They definitively changed the discussion. They brought the 99% into sharp focus; Thomas Picketty had something of a similar impact on Income Inequality. Dems are starting to respond. Good

Have to give a shout-out to Occupy. They definitively changed the discussion. They brought the 99% into sharp focus; Thomas Picketty had something of a similar impact on Income Inequality. Dems are starting to respond. Good.