Desk workers 'too lazy to speak'

Most workers believe they have become unfit because of the increasing amount of time they sit at their office desk, according to a new report.

A survey of over 1,200 office staff found that most admitted that better communications made them lazy because it was easier to email someone than meet face to face.

The study, by employment law firm Peninsula, showed that seven out of 10 workers described themselves as unfit because they sat at their desks all day.

Managing director Peter Done said: "Modern technology has made people lazy. It has even got to the point where employees prefer to send each other emails to someone sitting in the same room, just so they don't have to engage in a spoken conversation.

"This over-reliance on technology is taking away the social side of people's jobs and leaving workers too lazy to bother with exercise."

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