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Relax, it's National Slacker Day
Friday February 22, 2002
A second National Slacker Day was being held today to encourage people
to cut down on their working hours and spend more time relaxing.
Organisers said the aim of National Slacker Day 2 was to remind people
that life did not revolve around the office and a day spent in bed or in
front of the television could improve their health and happiness.
Actor and writer Simon Pegg, star of Channel 4's comedy series Spaced,
told the Slacker Day website: "It is vital to understand the importance
of doing nothing. Slacking is a necessity; it is Yin to activity's Yang.
"How can you possibly comprehend the value of your own hectic endeavour
if you don't occasionally put your feet up and experience a state of
complete calm?"
The campaign in support of Slacker Day has been organised on the
Internet by Oncus, a small company which describes itself as dedicated
to "helping and nurturing creative talent".
Oncus said creative and intelligent people were being driven to hair
loss and road rage by the UK's "unhealthy, work comes first,
stress-driven" culture.
Slacker Day coincides with the publication of a survey of the working
habits of more than 3,000 workers, in which 32% of respondents confessed
to spending at least an hour a day surfing the Internet for non-work
related reasons.
More than 70% of workers questioned also admitted using office time for
personal e-mail and correspondence. The survey, by on-line polling
company MyVoice, estimated the wasted time was costing UK businesses
billions of pounds a year in lost productivity.
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