Ah, you younguns, back in the time before the Stone Age, we actually did single-task because our only diversions were magazines and newspapers and in the infant stage of cubes, our phone conversations could all be overheard. So, we really couldn't look productive surreptiously.

The only diversions we had were going to the cafeteria (if your office was lucky enough to have one) to grab coffee (no, we couldn't stay there) or to appear as if we had an intestinal problem and spend time in the restrooms. (Yes, even back then guys considered it the "reading room", but there was only so much time women could spend "fixing their makeup".)

I have to admit though, I don't know that it improved our productivity. I mean, how much time can you really spend on a single task?

It seems like the internet connection here is trying to teach me a lesson by only going out when I actually need it for work. Like I'll be in the middle of a file transfer and *poof!* its out. But reading an entire webcomic archive? No problem!

Not sure what its trying to teach me, but its something alright.

I like the multitasker in the last panel.

this is grand, have been some studies showing, especially with the current youth, their excessive multitasking is both damaging their memory, not to mention each of the tasks they are carrying out is done poorly.