Does technology save time or waste time?

Photo caption: Robbins. Article by guest columnist Len Robbins – Rome News-Tribune.

The two bosses stood in the corner of the office, overlooking their employees busily typing away at their computer terminals.

“I just don’t get it,” one said to the other. “We’ve had the same employees for the last 20 years and our productivity has gone down by 40% over that period.”

The other boss nodded knowingly. “Yeah, I don’t get it either,” he said, waving his hand toward the industrious minions before him. “Look at them. They are always like this – busy as bees at their computers. See Sid over there. We used to have to drag him away from the water cooler, always gabbing about something, wasting time. Now, I never see him at the water cooler. He’s always at his terminal, typing like a madman. I can’t put my finger on it either.” […]

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