Mayor fires Solitare player for taking a minute break at work

13 February 2006
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Hoyle Solitare and Mahjong TilesPoor guy, this mayor’s zero-tolerance policy went above common sense. The Associated Press reports on story about a New York City employee who got fired after mayor Michael Bloomberg noticed a game of Solitare on the employee’s desktop at work.

From the article: “Greenwood, who earned $27,000 (€22,718/£15,523) a year and had worked in the office for six years, said in a telephone interview that he limited his play time to his one-hour lunch or during quick breaks when he needed a moment of distraction. ‘It wasn’t like I spent hours and hours a day playing, because I had plenty to do,’ Greenwood said. ‘If I had been working at something exhaustively for two hours, I might get a cup of coffee and play for a minute but then go right back to my work.’ ” I hope all the attention will get him his job back, if this was enforced worldwide, then 90% of office employees would get fired :-P

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