[Politech] N.C. government workers complain about horrific, outrageous cuts in their Solitaire playing [econ]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 21:04:20 PST


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Is that Solitaire?
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:19:00 -0500
From: Adam Herman <aherman@private>
Reply-To: Adam Herman <aherman@private>
To: declan@private

"...Goofing off on the cubicle computer may be today's version of the
coffee break. But now some state lawmakers want the fun and games to
stop - at least on company time. Saying taxpayers would be "outraged"
to know how much work time is frittered away by insurance-commission
secretaries and DMV employees honing their solitaire and Mine Sweeper
skills on the state's 50,000 computers, Catawba County Republican Sen.
Austin Allran has sponsored what may be the country's first anti-
solitaire legislation..."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0318/p01s02-ussc.html?s=t5

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