Computer Abuse

Everyone in the office is still talking about the suspension. With my boss on holidays for 5 weeks, the decibel level is increasing by the day. Multitasking is what I normally do best - doing my work and eavesdropping on the conversation thrown loosely across the room. But yesterday, combined with Monday blues, I crumbled. A pulsating headache forced me to take the rest of the day off. Upon reaching home, I almost went mad with my neighbour hammering away - or maybe not. It sounded too constant and the tappings were too evenly spread out. I couldn't identify the source of the noise. Thankfully, it stopped after 10 minutes and I was able to regain my sanity and fall asleep.

Hot office news of the week:
1) Colleague insists he is innocent after another session of interrogation.
2) Said colleague is still suspended under full pay.
3) Illegal material downloaded was apparently porn.
4) A colleague in the same role 2 years ago was also suspended for using the company's server to support peer sharing of downloaded videos/mp3s/dvds, etc. The first incident of its kind.
5) Two similar incidents in the same department is going to warrant a stricter computer policy.

I have since erased all my history of website requests and emptied my recycle bin. Not that I have anything illegal, but I have a feeling the management is going to come down on us...hard.