Before everyone in offices had access to the internet, when we had no work that needed to be done immediately, we all chatted or had a laugh, or flirted with the girls. Now, it seems to me that everyone's eyes are glued to a screen looking at crap websites (usually Google, BBC news or internet dating) or Yahoo Answers.
2007-02-14 02:43:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Actually I think that maybe the internet has given us more things to have conversations about, i.e. instant news.
2007-02-14 02:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by Doug H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im my last job we didnt have the internet and i made so great friends who i will have for life, we used to have indepth conversations everyday...but now in my new job, weve got the internet, all i ever do is look at pointless stuff! people in this office even email eachother when there sat on the same table! whats the matter with talking?
2007-02-14 10:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely disagree. I think people still want to chat as much as ever, they just do it through a computer through Yahoo! Answers, dating sites, instant messaging through the computer, text messaging through a cell phone, etc.
Face to face may be suffering a setback, but communication is still there. There are advantages and disadvantages to the method you use and different situations call for different approaches.
2007-02-14 10:52:27 · answer #3 · answered by Silent Kninja 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well depends where you work ... see i'm a front office receptionist .. no one around me hence no one to have a converstation with .. so internet saves my life .... but i think that if someone really did want to have a conversation with you internet wouldn't get in the way ... before they had nothing better to do .. now if they talk to you, it's because they want to.
2007-02-14 10:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Gemma G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it gives us more time to keep in touch with our 'real' friends and family. Instead of spending a spare 5 mins chatting to someone who you will never see or think about again if you changed jobs, you can keep in touch with distant friends and family without running up a huge phone bill. It also makes it simple to keep in touch with people who you wouldn't necessarily ring unless you had something specific to say, but would like to know you're thinking of them (in my world thats a whole load of people)If people want to waste their time looking at crap websites thats up to them, maybe they think that these websites are more interesting than the crap people they work with!!!!
2007-02-14 11:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Technology has reduced the occurences of live person-to-person communication which is helpful in developing social skills and relationships.
2007-02-14 10:56:37 · answer #6 · answered by LifeObserver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're at work to work. I don't ever remember a down time where I could sit around and chat.
Must be a diferent world.
Internet access should be limited to nothing more than a company intranet. You shouldn't even be able to check your personal email.
2007-02-14 10:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yep i spend a lot of time on here...instead of going and flirting with the boys, i emails flirt with them, how sad!!
2007-02-14 10:54:29 · answer #8 · answered by Carrot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say your face would have done that.
2007-02-14 10:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by a1000_desert_roses_bloom 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋