Work blocking websites

GLBLguy hit upon a pet peeve of mine. For work I often need to do a lot of research on errors that crop up. A lot of the time error resolution can come from a mailing list or a newsgroup or forum posting. Unfortunately, in their infinite wisdom and complete lack of trust in their employees, mailing lists, newsgroups and forums are often blocked under the heading “mailing list” or “blogs” or some other silly excuse. How can they seriously expect people to get work done like that?

Of course, they leave things like Amazon and eBay wide open.