Comment Re:Wasted Time and The 40 Hour Week (Score 1, Insightful) 324
"Due to the socialist nature of France and Europe in general, it's very difficult and expensive to fire someone. So the rule is "Don't hire anyone if you don't absolutely have to.""
Actually, it's not that difficult or expensive - it happens all the time. The laws are made against frivolous and wrongful terminations. Nothing wrong there.
"Yes. Ignorance IS bliss. You know what else they don't have? Dentists. Doctors that will keep your wife from dying in labor. Birth control. Peniclin (Boy that wound looks infected. Sucks to be you.) Alchohol. And that's just the medical stuff."
Actually a lot of bushmen don't even need dentists that much, because they don't have cavities nearly as much as westerners do. They don't eat sugar or candies, or drink soda even remotely like we do.
They know the natural curatives and make medicine from them. They are their own doctors and yet somehow they manage to survive in circumstances where a westerner would be dead in days. What does that say about us?
"Heh. Do you realize you're suggesting that people get paid no matter how productive they are?"
This may come as a surprise to you, but that's EXACTLY how it goes. Quite often the workforce is underworked under normal circumstances, so that when the proverbial hits the fan, the overhead can be put to use.
"I work 12 hours a day. Would that be maxi-minimizes?"
No, that would be either stupid or inefficient. You really need to say "stop" at some point. What is the point of working, if you never get to enjoy life outside work?
"It's called "The Weekend". That's it. You get two days to have your fun, I suggest you spend your weekdays doing chores.
If you want to spend more than 2 days having fun, man, you're making good money to be able to afford it."
I've said this in other forums before: What the hell is with the notion of "making it"? I barely work 8 hours a day, don't make a fortune, and chill the rest of the time. I have a roof over my head. I have a kick-ass home theater. I have a bicycle for excercise. What else would I need? I don't have to "make it". I have to enjoy life while I'm still young and relatively healthy to appreciate it.
If you need more than 8 hours a day to do your job, you're not doing it right. If a doctor does 24-hour shifts in the ER, that's not only stupid, that's reckless endangerement and should be penalized.
Of course, that's just me. I could be wrong.
Actually, it's not that difficult or expensive - it happens all the time. The laws are made against frivolous and wrongful terminations. Nothing wrong there.
"Yes. Ignorance IS bliss. You know what else they don't have? Dentists. Doctors that will keep your wife from dying in labor. Birth control. Peniclin (Boy that wound looks infected. Sucks to be you.) Alchohol. And that's just the medical stuff."
Actually a lot of bushmen don't even need dentists that much, because they don't have cavities nearly as much as westerners do. They don't eat sugar or candies, or drink soda even remotely like we do.
They know the natural curatives and make medicine from them. They are their own doctors and yet somehow they manage to survive in circumstances where a westerner would be dead in days. What does that say about us?
"Heh. Do you realize you're suggesting that people get paid no matter how productive they are?"
This may come as a surprise to you, but that's EXACTLY how it goes. Quite often the workforce is underworked under normal circumstances, so that when the proverbial hits the fan, the overhead can be put to use.
"I work 12 hours a day. Would that be maxi-minimizes?"
No, that would be either stupid or inefficient. You really need to say "stop" at some point. What is the point of working, if you never get to enjoy life outside work?
"It's called "The Weekend". That's it. You get two days to have your fun, I suggest you spend your weekdays doing chores.
If you want to spend more than 2 days having fun, man, you're making good money to be able to afford it."
I've said this in other forums before: What the hell is with the notion of "making it"? I barely work 8 hours a day, don't make a fortune, and chill the rest of the time. I have a roof over my head. I have a kick-ass home theater. I have a bicycle for excercise. What else would I need? I don't have to "make it". I have to enjoy life while I'm still young and relatively healthy to appreciate it.
If you need more than 8 hours a day to do your job, you're not doing it right. If a doctor does 24-hour shifts in the ER, that's not only stupid, that's reckless endangerement and should be penalized.
Of course, that's just me. I could be wrong.
