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59. True it goes both ways

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 03:30 PM

Aug 2015

you end up dealing with work on personal time. The point is good about the blurring. That seems to be the effect of these devices and the internet.

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Millennials Would Quit Job If Phones Were Banned At Work [View all] marmar Aug 2015 OP

Wow. Definite addiction issues. yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #1

Hot topic for my wife roscoeroscoe Aug 2015 #30

Depends, do you drive a bus, train, or airplane for a living?... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #86

Luckily no! roscoeroscoe Aug 2015 #109

I say let them... liberal N proud Aug 2015 #2

Most work sucks. hunter Aug 2015 #64

If you got to play with really fast computers and design new things would you still think it sucked liberal N proud Aug 2015 #88

Heh, the computers I divert from the electronic waste streams... hunter Aug 2015 #99

This is an problem at all levels of employment TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #3

Wow! marym625 Aug 2015 #4

Yep. n/t enlightenment Aug 2015 #6

our local hospital KT2000 Aug 2015 #54

That's awesome marym625 Aug 2015 #106

Yep. More jobs for us LiberalElite Aug 2015 #71

eh, let em whine. marym625 Aug 2015 #107

The line between work and off time has been blurring for some time. If employers expect employees to Brickbat Aug 2015 #5

Salaried employees generally have more leeway TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #11

indeed. fishwax Aug 2015 #108

I laugh at people who view this as a problem Taitertots Aug 2015 #7

Next time you are waiting for your car to get pulled out of the bay at Discount Tire snooper2 Aug 2015 #8

Because Facebooking with friends and Family should take priority over work while at work, amirite? cleanhippie Aug 2015 #9

You're serous about that? TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #10

No need. My employer isn't a douche bag so I use my phone whenever I want Taitertots Aug 2015 #35

You're right, it's not your employer being the DB. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #38

I'm eating up your jealously with a spoon Taitertots Aug 2015 #40

You have a boss? OilemFirchen Aug 2015 #44

Lol, all the while making my point! cleanhippie Aug 2015 #50

You have no point. You're just being a jelly belly because I don't have to follow.., Taitertots Aug 2015 #60

He didn't make up the rules. A lot of employers have "no phones on the job" BuelahWitch Aug 2015 #101

Pretty sure everyone responding has never taken a phone call at work from a friend or family member Brickbat Aug 2015 #12

Oh I know. One place from years ago, some staff would spend ALL day closeupready Aug 2015 #34

One of the anti-cellphone brigade at our store Codeine Aug 2015 #73

I can't get cell reception in my office. liberal N proud Aug 2015 #89

There's a big difference between taking or making the occasional personal phone call....... WillowTree Aug 2015 #103

What do you call prioritizing? CajunBlazer Aug 2015 #14

No need to look. I've already got one. Taitertots Aug 2015 #32

Not Jealous at All CajunBlazer Aug 2015 #110

Keep laughing when you get that pink slip nt LiberalElite Aug 2015 #70

LOL. The stuff you think is important is meaningless Taitertots Aug 2015 #74

Kid, (and I do mean KID) You don't know half of what you think you know nt LiberalElite Aug 2015 #76

Wah wah wah. The terrible youths don't respect my antiquated value system Taitertots Aug 2015 #81

On work time? Seriously? Drahthaardogs Aug 2015 #100

You think Facebooking is the same as prioritizing your friends and family? LOL NickB79 Aug 2015 #111

Silly to ban smart phones Johnny2X2X Aug 2015 #13

You work in a professional environment... CajunBlazer Aug 2015 #17

So what? Johnny2X2X Aug 2015 #18

Uh, millenials are not just kids? Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #19

The idea that people in their 30's are "millenials" is ridiculous Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #26

You realize it's a generation attribute? Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #27

Generations have never been mere tranches Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #53

True it goes both ways treestar Aug 2015 #59

Communication is a positive. RadiationTherapy Aug 2015 #15

Or Candy Crush and Angry Birds LanternWaste Aug 2015 #33

Angry birds is different from daydreaming? RadiationTherapy Aug 2015 #41

I work at a wireless provider - hq JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #16

Pay them by output, not by hours. GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #20

Meaningless. Orrex Aug 2015 #21

We should publicly flog them until they repent in shame. Orrex Aug 2015 #22

I'm OK with that. I'm in my 50's. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #23

+1 FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #36

I also don't think it's a matter of wanting it all - but wanting more and wanting it better. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #49

kind of hard to see this as LiberalElite Aug 2015 #72

Well, maybe. But then maybe it is for some. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #82

Reminds me of this from Bye Bye Birdie - (circa 1960) LiberalElite Aug 2015 #83

I used to know every song in the movie. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #87

The telephone song is a classic LiberalElite Aug 2015 #91

I'll be singing those songs the rest of the night! lol Solly Mack Aug 2015 #92

They actually pop into my head LiberalElite Aug 2015 #93

My company doesn't allow anyone except management to bring phones into the office LanternWaste Aug 2015 #24

Our problem with millennials isn't that they text or check facebook Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #25

Do they walk on your lawn too? Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #29

The millennials at our firm are great and hard working. FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #31

I didn't say they weren't hard working Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #37

That's not just Millennial's, that's standard human nature FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #42

No one would ever have done that in previous decades Orrex Aug 2015 #46

Forsooth! Codeine Aug 2015 #66

I am a 13 year uni staff member. I have employed and worked with hundreds RadiationTherapy Aug 2015 #43

Blame lays squarely on your HR as they hired the rotters. snagglepuss Aug 2015 #58

If only you knew how right you are Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #102

I'm in my 50's and I wouldn't tolerate a workplace ban on smart phones FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #28

This doesn't bother me olddots Aug 2015 #39

Heh. My daughter got fired from her first job for this. Xithras Aug 2015 #45

Take away their iphones and they just end up using the PCs web browser. Rex Aug 2015 #47

Well, that's what they said, not necessarily what they'd do. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #48

Lots of studies have supported exactly what you're describing Orrex Aug 2015 #52

So long to Fresh Fish One_Life_To_Give Aug 2015 #51

Well they probably won't find it easy to support themselves daredtowork Aug 2015 #55

Are there a lot of incidents like the scene in "Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle" muntrv Aug 2015 #56

Meanwhile, they refuse to hire us over-50 old farts. GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #57

Baby boomer me would love to have a job where phones were banned. hunter Aug 2015 #61

I have to use mine to do work when the site's network goes down. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #62

Oh, goody, Now I know how to GET THEM OFF MY LAWN! Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #63

Our old boss tried to ban cellphone use. Codeine Aug 2015 #65

Times change Dwayne Hicks Aug 2015 #67

how can you be two places at once olddots Aug 2015 #68

I do not use my phone at work PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #69

I'm amused by a group of internet-addicted message board junkies Codeine Aug 2015 #75

I don't recall ever posting to a blog from work, during work hours. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #84

I've got five employees and they can text and talk when they want riderinthestorm Aug 2015 #77

THIS KentuckyWoman Aug 2015 #80

It's more efficient. KentuckyWoman Aug 2015 #78

Precisely. Codeine Aug 2015 #94

Good kcr Aug 2015 #79

My 26 year old kid Go Vols Aug 2015 #90

Well. Good for your 26 year old son. kcr Aug 2015 #104

ty Go Vols Aug 2015 #105

They would also rather die than not talk on said phone while malaise Aug 2015 #85

Nobody talks on a smartphone anymore. Codeine Aug 2015 #95

LOL - texting and talking malaise Aug 2015 #98

I still haven't really figured out how to answer leftyladyfrommo Aug 2015 #112

Yep. Living in your own world is great, but ignoring the real one is risky. Coventina Aug 2015 #96

Lots of bullshit ageism in this thread, unsurprisingly. RedCappedBandit Aug 2015 #97

self sufficiency ? olddots Aug 2015 #113