the boss checked my computer history and saw AF

[Aractus]

I mean, it's not unfair at all really. AF isn't a site that is related to work, so accessing it from work will likely violate work policies. It astounds me that people think they have a right to access personal websites whilst at work. You're being paid to work, not browse forums.

That's not at all true. In every first world-country employees get a number of breaks per day. A lunch break for example, and usually other smaller breaks as well. Using the internet for personal reasons during your break-time should not violate any company policy, unless they can show that your using the internet places an undue burden or hardship on the company (which might be the case if they have really bad internet). Same basic principle with your mobile - yes they can fire you for using it while you're supposed to be working - but you're free to twiddle around with it during one of your breaks - but again, so long as it does not disrupt the running of the business.

My former employer had a policy that smoking during company time was a stackable offence. Of course, that policy is illegal - he was well within he's rights to fire anyone smoking on the company premises (and he did), however if you wanted to take a break, walk off the premises and have a cigarette then it was outside of his ability to enforce his policy. So that's what all the smokers did. There is a similar policy at a local school - teachers are not allowed to smoke anywhere on the school grounds, and the policy extends to public areas off the school-grounds visible from the school as well. I believe the policy is likely illegal, nevertheless what smokers at that school do is take their break, go to their car and smoke inside their cars.