'Tech rage' hits one in three

'Tech rage' hits one in three:

"FOR one in three office workers, tech rage has become a trigger for everyday workplace 'tanties', new research shows.

A survey of 400 office workers in Sydney and Adelaide, who were asked to consider the effects of modern technology on their life, found modern technology is an increasing cause of major stress."

Tech rage can hit at home too. Technology can be immensely frustrating if you are prepared to let a lump of plastic rule your life. In one workplace I saw a worker about to slam his fist on a "stupid" photocopier. They always jam and play up when you are in a rush. I said what I just said then...it was just a lump of plastic. Fortunately, he saw the funny side of it and it broke the moment. I have also been in the position where the rage continues because the computer, printer whatever "won't work". No, it won't! It's a lump of plastic. Get up and walk away. I have the attitude that technology will react with an equal amount of force when you are negative. I always stay calm. It works most of the time and if the lump of PVC or whatever it is doesn't work, I don't care. If it can't be done then I wait until it's fixed or I'm ready to fix it myself. We were talking about all this technology today about how much paperwork it creates, how sore it makes your eyes, how it makes you sit down more and how it swamps you with "busy" work. Is it worth it? Is it really efficient? How much does it cost and what is the price of worker sickness from stress and technology related disorders??? What is the price at home? A friend of mine was saying his kids keep putting their mobile phones through the wash because they forget to take them out of their pockets. I never keep mine in my pocket so I hadn't thought of that. Technology costs. Is it worth it? As is the custom these days, I shall say maybe yes and maybe no. My own particular bête noire is mobile phones in cafés, on trains, at meetings, when you have visitors...I think it is so rude and you often get too much information as the enforced listener.