Just a question - how many of us spend time at chess.com when we are work in front of our computer, supposedly getting paid to do something else??

Guilty!

Of course, I will claim that it is keeping my mind sharp by providing frequent intellectual stimulation...

Me too, but that excuse isn't working any more ..

Wow kram, that's a classic goof-off..

i do :(

Perhaps they fear you might somehow snafu the system, kram. Imagine Prez Obama getting Boehner's letters and Boehner getting the Prez's letters. The debt ceiling argument pales into insignificance compared with the upcoming stink.

If I caught ya, I'd can ya.

LOL yes ... errr was that Erik just now? He's saying he also uses work computers to spend time at chess.com? Who's going to fire him?

I do, but I'm the manager!

Well it's just my wife & I running a small business, so not like I'm playing chess all day while my peons slave away.  Incidentally, that's why I usually play online chess instead of live chess, because I never know when I"m going to get called away from the computer.