Living Dead

David Bolchover

• 16 september 2005
• 9781841126562

Samenvatting:

The Living Dead is full of staggering statistics that show that a large proportion of the global workforce is so bored and disillusioned with the workplace that they employ a bewildering range of diversionary tactics to get them through the days, weeks, months and years. Surveys show that:

• One in three people has taken class A and B drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine, cannabis and amyl nitrate at work
• One in five US workers has had sex with a co worker during work hours
• 70% of internet porn sites are accessed during the 9 to 5 working day
• One in three midweek visitors to a major UK theme park is pulling a sickie from work
• In the UK alone, doctors receive 9 million (equivalent to the entire population of Sweden) `suspect requests for sick notes each year
• 14.6% of US office workers surf the web constantly
• Over half the UK s 14.5 million animal owners said that they would need between two and five days off work to grieve for the loss of a treasured pet. 10% said they would need as much as two weeks.