Surfing the Web at work is an increasingly common habit that could be even more addictive than coffee.
93 percent of all employees in the U.S. spend at least some of their time at work accessing the Web， and many of them are logging on for personal reasons.
They would rather give up their morning caffeine① hit than lose their Internet connection.
The average time spent accessing the Internet at work was 12.6 hours per week. But while employees estimated② that 3.4 hours of that time was due to non-work related surfing， IT managers put that figure at closer to six hours.
As the line between professional and personal usage of the Internet becomes more of a gray area， many employees have started to rely on it to complete their job duties as well as perform personal tasks during the work day.
The most popular Web sites accessed were news sites (81 percent)， personal e-mail (61 percent)， onlinebanking (58 percent)， travel (56 percent) and shopping (52 percent).
More men than women admitted visiting non-work related Web sites at the office.
Men were 2.3 times more likely to visit sports sites and more than three times as likely to visit in vestment and stock purchasing sites. Almost a quarter of men also admitted visiting a porn site at work deliberately③.
As well as surfing the Internet， some workers said they listened to or watched streaming media and some other said they used instant messaging， although most of companies said IM usage wasn’t sanctioned④.
But while Internet use may be on the rise， it appears that companies have got wise to employees using their office hours to play computer games.
① caffeinen. 咖啡因，茶晶兴奋剂
② estimatev. 估计，估价，评估
③ deliberatelyadv. 故意地
④ sanctionv. 批准，同意，支持，鼓励，认可
网上冲浪
在工作时间上网逐渐成为上班族们的习惯，这甚至比喝咖啡更容易上瘾。
全美93%的员工至少将部分工作时间用来上网，而且他们中有很多人上网是因为私事。
他们宁可放弃早上的咖啡时光，也不愿意把自己的电脑从互联网上断开。
在工作时，上网平均花费的时间是每周12.6小时，但员工们估计其中有3.4小时贡献给了与工作无关的冲浪活动，而IT经理们则认为这一数字接近6个小时。
随着网络的工作用途和私人用途之间的界限越来越模糊，很多员工在开始依靠互联网完成工作任务的同时，也会在工作时间顺便处理一些私事。
最受欢迎的站点有新闻网站（81%）、个人邮箱（61%）、网上银行（58%）及旅游（56%）和购物（52%）网站。
和女性相比，更多的男性承认在办公室里访问过和工作无关的网站。
男性访问体育网站的几率是女性的2.3倍，访问炒股网站的几率则是女性的三倍多。几乎有1/4的男人表示自己在工作时间访问过色情网站。
除了上网冲浪外，有些上班族表示他们会收听或收看网络数据流媒体，还有一部分人使用即时消息聊天，尽管公司禁止员工使用网络聊天工具。
但是，当网络的使用越来越普及的时候，公司似乎识破了在办公时间打电玩的员工的诡计。
