Time's A-Wastin'

Want to know why American jobs are being outsourced to India and South America? "According to a survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including lunch and scheduled break-time." The biggest distraction? The Interweb. "44.7% of the more than 10,000 people polled cited web surfing as their #1 distraction at work. Socializing with co-workers came in second at 23.4%." Rounding out the top ten are some classic activities: conducting personal business, spacing out, running errands, personal phone calls, applying for other jobs, planning personal events, arriving late, leaving early. The only thing surprisingly omitted from the list -- pulling pranks on co-workers. Is anyone in corporate America -- including top executives -- not guilty of such practices that made the list? We think not. [Salary.com]