Should employees be allowed to text on the job?

[Sean Dalt]

Do you think that employees should be allowed to text while on the job? I was at the mall today and I saw lots of employees texting like crazy and playing with their Iphone! Especially in front of customers. I would go to Radio Shack, Dairy Queen, and places at the mall and employees are allowed to be on their cell phone texting in front of customers when it is slow and when they have nothing better to do. Most of these people who text are just young teenagers men and women and they will be playing on their phone all day and not working plus slacking off on the job. If I was their boss, I sure as hell wouldn’t put up with it and take away their phone.

Do you think this is right? Should there be a rule where they are not allowed to text on the job? It really drives me up a wall and I feel embarrassed having to walk by them or talk to them when they are goofing off texting on their phone when they should be working and what is worst is when they see me catching them do that then they hide their phone or put on a fake act with trying to act professional when they aren’t!