I added dial-up to the mix because it is what I’m stuck with out here. So accessing things like the SDMB are a real trial compared to those big pipes most workers have at their disposal. ( Sort of ‘how bad do you really want to come to the SDMB’ type question )
When I moved, I went from a great DSL connection to a so-so dial-up, now that type of move really hurts…
Intersting info folks, thanks…
I’m not supposed to even BE here today!!
I’m so valuable to my company, that I post 90% and read 90% of the sbmb at the office.
I have impressed him from time to time! 
I cheat all the damn time. Yeah, baby.
When I last worked, I stole scads of time from my employer visiting here and doing other things. No rationalization though. I chose to do it and did so.
Self-righteousness is pretty annoying though. Other examples include those who lambaste others for their honesty while illicit mp3s litter their hard drive. or those who complain about their “artwork” being stolen that they created using a torrented copy of Photoshop, and failed to attribute the source material they used in the creation of their masterpiece.
Then again, as in so many cases, it’s much easier to see how someone else is fucking up their lives and/or being hypocritical than it is to see the same conditions in ourselves.
Oh, I should mention that even though I goofed off often at my last job, I did perform all my work and routinely received very high ratings and sterling reviews, and left the job of my own volition in order to pursue an extended vacation.
I used to agree with the OP 100%, until I got a job with massive amounts of downtime. All my other jobs were assembly-line (not literally) work where you worked nonstop all the time, go go go, and there was ALWAYS work to be done, and no excuse for not doing it. So anyway, I have this job, and at first I’m getting a lot of paperwork, which I do in the only way that I know how, which is like a really fast and awesome machine. And after three long weeks of work, my desk was clear. And I told my bosses this and their heads exploded. Turns out I had done two months’ worth of backlogged work in those three weeks, and they had nothing else for me to do!
So, what should I do now? I’m allowed to read during downtime, while new work trickles in. I’m allowed to knit. And I’m also allowed to access the Internet. They even TOLD me to lighten up and enjoy some downtime, because apparently I was making them nervous what with asking them for work every half hour, which in turn makes them have to work harder. They run a pretty loose ship, or maybe my former employers were just super uptight. Probably a little of each.
So I read. And I knit. And then I considered going on the Internet, because it was just sitting there like a big white beacon, begging me to log on. And while I was going through a moral dilemma, the guy across from me was surfing Ebay for an hour. And I get tired of reading after two hours or so. So, what the hell?
I still only post during breaks and lunch. Read-only all other times (then spend the rest of the time formulating responses in my head). And I never ever check the SDMB or the Internet at large when there’s work on my table (which there usually isn’t, and if there is, I get it done lightning fast). I figure that it’s their fault if they don’t give me enough work for my cat-like brain to handle, so let them suffer the “consequences.” And besides, they condone and encourage it! So, guilt averted (mostly).
By the way, my job is truly awesome. I really don’t deserve it. I will probably be fired within the next month.
Ha! So you admit to being paid to moderate the SDMB! So a coffee mug was not enough for you? You just had to live the plush life?
I post from work and home. As long as I get my work done and am not surfing porn sites, the boss doesn’t mind my dropping in here. Although lately there’s not much difference between porn and the SDMB… 
Work internet policy allows personal use, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your job or the job of others.
At home now thought
I only look at the SDMB (and other web sites) at work.
But, I am at work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. That’s 72 hours a week. I’m only paid for 40 hours a week.