LA workers asked not to watch online

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES

The Olympics are so popular at city hall that Los Angeles workers are being urged to pull the plug or risk a municipal computer meltdown.

Randi Levin, chief technology officer for California’s largest city, sent an email Tuesday to thousands of city employees, asking them to stop watching the games online at work, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We are experiencing a high volume of traffic due to people watching the Olympics online” and it is affecting city operations, Levin said.

Apparently, city employees got the message.

Internet traffic on the city’s computer system had returned to normal Wednesday, said Mark Wolf, an executive officer with the city’s information technology agency.