One of the (many) advantages of being self-employed is that I no longer have to pretend I'm using the internet for serious research reasons, when I'm actually staring at an image of a man's head buried in a load of nuts that claims to determine the efficiency of my right hemisphere.
I wouldn't begrudge employees a little surfing on company time, as Ann Perry puts it.
It’s human nature to slack off. Our brains need short and regular rest periods in order to perform better -- we can't use the right hemisphere all of the time! (Then again, we should probably take our eyes off the screen while resting our brains.)
Perry actually seems surprised to learn that consuming pornography isn't high on the list of office internet activities. I don't share her surprise. Most people have the sense not to indulge in porn at the office -- just as they have the sense not to have sex in the office (… well, except at Christmas!).
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