FeedJuly 28, 2008
A 24-hour outage of the popular Tencent QQ instant messenger system led to millions of hours of gained productivity in offices across Shanghai on Friday.
"I was amazed at how much work got done!", remarked David Chang, manager at advertising company FeelMedia. "Whenever I looked round the office, everyone had spreadsheets and Word documents open! It was so unusual!"
The Shanghai stock market reported brisk trade in the afternoon session, as traders were forced to spend time buying and selling shares, instead of sending each other jokes.
For some though, the stress was too much. By 4pm, secretary Paperclip Chen was getting panic attacks, after being unable to message her friends for a whole day. "I was hoping to get a new emoticon today", she sobbed.
"I was amazed at how much work got done!", remarked David Chang, manager at advertising company FeelMedia. "Whenever I looked round the office, everyone had spreadsheets and Word documents open! It was so unusual!"
The Shanghai stock market reported brisk trade in the afternoon session, as traders were forced to spend time buying and selling shares, instead of sending each other jokes.
For some though, the stress was too much. By 4pm, secretary Paperclip Chen was getting panic attacks, after being unable to message her friends for a whole day. "I was hoping to get a new emoticon today", she sobbed.