Survey says workers spend 2 hours a day goofing off

The Detriot Free Press reports:

American workers spend almost two hours a day at work calling friends, surfing the Internet, running errands and spacing out, according to the second annual survey of time wasted at work by America Online and Salary.com.

The survey polled 2,706 workers earlier this month, including AOL users and corporate human resource professionals. Results were based on an 8-hour day.

Workers reported wasting 1.86 hours a day, down from last year's tally of 2.09 hours.

The decrease might not necessarily mean employees are working more.

"I think it shows a trend that the lines are getting blurred between what's wasted time and what's acceptable," said Lena Bottos, director of compensation at Salary.com.

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