Step Away from the Laptop and Nobody will get hurt

I am about to speak blasphemy to a lot of people, but I have been wondering as of late how anyone gets anything done when they are busy blogging, tweeting, updating facebook, surfing the net, e-mailing and, well you get the idea.

I am not on facebook.  I signed up for twitter but haven't used it much.  My reason?  I don't have time in my day to spend social networking with everyone.  Was that even grammatically correct?  I know, I have become a social outcast as I have elected to only blog, e-mail and surf the net. 

The biggest problem I had at my job was when we had a high school girl working there after school.  She spent the majority of her time texting, going on facebook and tweeting all her friends.  When I confronted her about it she looked at me and was indignant that I was asking her to refrain from doing so on "company" time.  To her, when her cell phone vibrated she had to respond with a text.  She could not believe that I was actually asking her to only work and refrain from "networking" with her friends during business hours. BTW - business hours for her was 3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

I know my weaknesses.  I know that I could easily spend a few hours a day on the computer and not get anything done.  I am not saying that all of these tools are bad.  They aren't.  In fact I appreciate that I can be in contact with family members all over the country via e-mail, a family website, my blogging, or a simple text message.  I love being able to get on the internet for research.  It is very convenient.  However, I don't let these tools consume my time and take priority over what I need to get done at home. 

Yeah - I'm weird.