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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:03 PM Original message |
No Vacation Nation |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. This really is very sad. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. But it's the greatest country in the world! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. yeah, the average in the EU is 6 weeks |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yet Americans are the lazy ones... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. What is this vacation you speak of? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Many people have paid vacation they don't dare take. |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Having people spread illness won't help his company survive. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh I think much of it was hyperbole |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Hell I know people at a MEDICAL SCHOOL who came to work sick. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. And yet HR wombats are OK with illness being an "unexcused" absence. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. If you've still got work, he's still got customers |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I keep the books |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Guy sounds like a dick. |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Sorry, but he's an idiot |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Can you IMAGINE the screaming from the right if we tried to fix this? |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Except that massive tax breaks, deductions, and executive salaries can hardly be considered |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. That would seriously be our corporate master's worst nightmare! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. We ARE War Slaves! |
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KarenS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. not to mention,,,, |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. imagine that? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. A friend and I were having this discussion the other day.. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Americans don't have time to vacation. Gotta make money, money, money! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Which we got to spend, spend, spend on stupid bullshit. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Forget that, I can't hang that on my wall or sit on it or watch it for endless hours |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Man I'd LOVE paid vacation. I dont even get it at my job. |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. I found an old book once called "Leisure" |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R - b/c I've only had 2 paid vacations in my 25 years of working. n/t |
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theorys (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fap |
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