Interesting.

Work's Biggest Saboteurs

'Think about how often you check your personal e-mail, get up to "stretch your legs," catch up on the latest news or chat with colleagues. At the time, these activities barely seem to put a dent in your workday - but the minutes add up. In fact, they add up to more than two hours per day - and that's not even counting lunch!

Employees admit to logging an average of 2.09 hours each day trolling the Internet, fraternizing with co-workers, running personal errands and making personal phone calls, according to a Salary.com survey. Think about that: While it's nice to believe you're putting in a hard (and full) day's work, when you add up all the time you spend on non-work related activities (plus lunch and other scheduled break times), employees are working less than 5 hours per day on an average 8-hour workday.

So what are employees doing to waste time on the company dime? Check out the survey's top 10 time-wasting activities:

1. Surfing the Internet -- 44.7 percent
2. Socializing with co-workers -- 23.4 percent
3. Conducting personal business -- 6.8 percent
4. Spacing out -- 3.9 percent
5. Running errands off-premise -- 3.1 percent
6. Making personal phone calls -- 2.3 percent
7. Applying for other jobs -- 1.3 percent
8. Planning personal events -- 1.0 percent
9. Arriving late/leaving early -- 1.0 percent
10. Other -- 12.5 percent

Five W's of wasting time
Now we know why we're wasting time and what we're doing to waste time; what about who is wasting time and where? Here are the top time-wasting states, according to the survey: 1. Missouri -- 3.2 hours per day 2. Indiana -- 2.8 hours per day 3. Kentucky -- 2.8 hours per day 4. Wisconsin -- 2.8 hours per day 5. Nevada -- 2.7 hours per day As these stats show, those wasting the most time are the youngsters in the office:

# 58-77 years old -- 0.50 hours per day

# 48-57 years old -- 0.68 hours per day

# 38-47 years old -- 1.19 hours per day

# 28-37 years old -- 1.61 hours per day

# 22-27 years old -- 1.95 hours per day'