I have a nice series of short blog topics queued up, so maybe I can have a post every day this week. :)
I called the 800 number for the Sears repair center to have someone come and look at the dishwasher (it leaks). While I was talking to the nice lady, I repeatedly heard the unmistakable AIM do-du-lu (raising pitch) and do-du-lu (falling pitch) noises.
What I wondered is if it was being used to actually conduct business, or to keep the employees from going insane while on the phone all day by allowing them to talk to friends and family. Hmm.
Without a doubt, IM is everywhere. Choose wisely.
Yes, IM is eveywhere. Where I use to work, a lot of us used MSN to communicate (rather than phones that we all had). I had wondered, what if the company had BitWise installed. And I figured that the following would happen; everyone would install MSN anyway so they could keep in touch with the outside world. That is only if the company didn't block MSN. Else, BitWise would be just fine, and e-mail would have to be used to communicate with the outside world. When I did have an IM program installed, I was being distracted about 25% of my working time, that is why I stopped using it.
Which brings me to my little question, why do companies allow IM anyway? heck, I had over 1000emails in my first month of work, 98% of which werent even close to related to work. I only had my email on so that I could get messages I *needed* I avoided IM's so that I could get my work done, everyone else was constantly talking on some sort of chat program. Many were surfing the web, very few actually worked - I was shocked. How does such a company get work done? It was a very successful company, I should add. I still talk to two of the workers who are currently there, I talk to them while they are at work about completly unrelated subjects, I figure I waste a good 30minutes of their day. If just me, by myself, can waste 30minutes of their 8hour day, imagine what happens if 10 more people message them...