A woman was denied unemployment benefits after she was fired for misusing company time and using her boss’ computer to keep a journal writing about her efforts to avoid work. Emmalee Bauer wrote some 300 pages describing all her efforts to avoid as much work as possible. Her journal was used as evidence at a recent state hearing dealing with her unemployment benefits.

This typing thing seems to be doing the trick. It just looks like I am hard at work on something very important…I am only here for the money and, lately, for the printer access. I haven’t really accomplished anything in a long while … and I am still getting paid more than I ever have at a job before, with less to do than I have ever had before. It’s actually quite nice when I think of it that way. I can shop online, play games and read message boards and still get paid for it.

I’m pretty sure she isn’t alone. If you’re a blogger, you probably have done this at some point during your job. I can see what she’s going through. As dumb as it is, to be using your boss’s computer to write about something that’s self-incriminating, I still give her props for being honest.