No but seriously - smart phones

[Mudcat]

Are they destroying industry in the western world?

 

[Mudcat]

That has to be the biggest change I noticed between when I went self employed (2002) and returned to the regular workforce (~2010)

People gawking and typing with their thumbs on smartphones when they are supposed to be working. It's a surprisingly widespread and accepted practice (to me.)

It must add up to a fok of a lot. How many hours a week?

And it must go on in a helluva lot of businesses in western society.

It has to effect competitiveness with companies where people mainly just work when they are working.



I just wonder.

 

[Matty]

Where I work, it's even acceptable to be typing away on your phone during a meeting. It's a bit rude, but if you're replying to an urgent email, it's tolerated.

 

[bacon]

yeah, get one

 

[Archie]

i'm sure it has made for easier, faster , more efficient business for "important" people and even grunts and pawns like us....when say they are on a golf course or in a cab or on vacation or just pooping.

but yeah, huge time waster for the most part

 

[Saulty]

Anyone remember the old days where you needed to check your voice mail, then find the document they wanted on the voice mail, go to the fax machine, load all 97 pages of it in the machine, punch in the number and fax it assuming it didn't jam the paper. These where the good ole productive days.

Now you get the email on smart phone, access cloud storage and in 5 seconds you grab the file and email it back. All this while you are sitting in a meeting.

 

[Mudcat]

I guess there are some assumptions built into it though. I'm assuming some other cultures might operate differently and be less tolerant. Do Chinese and Indian warehouse guys routinely stop their work 18 times a day to check their Insta? Is that allowed?

Even Germans? I don't know why I center out the Germans - but Germans?

I know the Chinese make a lot of those phones but still, I feel like they might just say, when it comes to work - no phones (unless, obviously, it's actually part of the job.)

I could be wrong. And maybe more North American businesses have a no fucking around with phones policy than I am assuming.

First job I had in 2010 had a no phones policy. But that wasn't because of productivity; they didn't want people photographing the top secret products.

Pretty productive workplace though compared to where I am now which is the far other end of the spectrum.

 

[FairWarning]

Idk why you would care about other cultures. It's a global economy now - the ones who can produce the most efficient get the riches.

 

[bacon]

So everyone who can swing it should have one. I think mine was like $200 and when I'm using it to record music and tune my guitar - hey that works.

Get one, Muddy and tell us how awesome it is.

 

[Matty]

It's a global economy now - the Chinese produce our shit while we make duckfaces on Instagam.

FYP

 

[bacon]

FYF

 

[FairWarning]

FYP

Well, everyone but Muddy. He's driving the forklift full of empty pallets for 8 hours. It all pays the same.

 

[bacon]

I was telling Matty fuck his face

 

[Blitty]

I just realized that muddy has never posted from outside..! !!

There is something glorious about sitting in the park on a nice day- power posting.

I love to post with the wind in my hair.

Vitamin D to boot!

 

[Matty]

I love the smell of gamelive in the morning.

 

[Matty]

That made no sense but I'm leaving it up. Suck it.

 

[bacon]

Lol it made sense

good shit

 

[bacon]

Gamelivedotcom

IN YOUR FACE

Muddy, I hereby request that your first post with your new smartphone be from outside with the wind running through your elegant hair (pubes)