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Boeing bans Pokemon Go at work

With the launch of the new Pokemon App last week, yesterday Boeing decided to ban their employees from playing it in the workplace. One employee was reportedly hurt playing the game and there were over 100 phones using the App. It sucks up bandwidth and takes up important work time.

Available on today's Smartphones, the game allows players to use GPS and lets players hunt around for virtual creatives in a real space.

Outside of the workplace, surely this new game is only going to lead to accidents and disasters? Players get so involved and forget about what is going on around them in the "real" world. It is bad enough that people walk around with their heads in their phone whilst emailing and texting but when they are so absorbed in a computer game and they are aiming to catch a Pokemon, there are likely to be serious accidents. Have you witnessed anything on the edge?

You can see the full story about Boeing banning Pokemon here.

Tell us, have you experienced work colleagues playing the game around you? Are you playing it at work? Is it distracting your day to day activities? 

Comments (1) -

  • Sarah Mand

    7/20/2016 9:57:27 AM | Reply

    YES!!!! I am getting SO fed up with all the guys playing it in the office. They get up to go to the toilet or to make coffee and use their phone whilst walking there and back. They spend their lunch hours attached to it. I am already fed up with it and hope my company ban it too!!!!!!!!!!!

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