This Issue's Dilemma:

 

Am I a Grinch?

At our company, most employees have access to the Internet at their workstations. Ordinarily, I don’t mind a few minutes of Web browsing here and there for the purpose of a mental break or even a little personal business. It’s the same as a quick water cooler conversation.

Around the holidays, however, productivity can really drop as employees utilize our high-speed Internet connection to complete their holiday shopping. Am I being a Grinch to want to control the amount of time employees spend shopping online? Or does it really save productivity since they don’t have to leave the building and fight crowds at the mall? Should I ask them to curtail this shopping?

— E. Scrooge (Actual name and company withheld)

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