http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/35-hours-is-too-much-work-for-french/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/35-hours-is-too-much-work-for-french/#comment-172 cat daddy and dr squeeky Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:51:34 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/35-hours-is-too-much-work-for-french/#comment-172 Yes... but they enjoy life more... Here on this side of the pond (US), we work long hours and well, one could say we're productive... But, what kind of life is it when you race through a MacDonald's drive-through to pick up dinner, eat it while watching TV because you're too tired to do anything and go to sleep... Only to repeat the same thing the day after... And the weekends... well, that's when we do our errands... Here, people count the days until their retirement (if they have a pension) so that they can enjoy life then.... years or decades from now... and they hope they'll be healthy enough to enjoy it... I'm with the French... Yes… but they enjoy life more… Here on this side of the pond (US), we work long hours and well, one could say we’re productive… But, what kind of life is it when you race through a MacDonald’s drive-through to pick up dinner, eat it while watching TV because you’re too tired to do anything and go to sleep… Only to repeat the same thing the day after… And the weekends… well, that’s when we do our errands… Here, people count the days until their retirement (if they have a pension) so that they can enjoy life then…. years or decades from now… and they hope they’ll be healthy enough to enjoy it… I’m with the French…

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