biloxifalcon Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/200...om.overwork.cnnCNN Video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenzy™® Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconMama Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Wow, I wish my husband had that kind of drive! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biloxifalcon Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 FalconMama (12/5/2007)Wow, I wish my husband had that kind of drive! :P!!!! But he'd be DEAD too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatenglishkid Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativefalcon Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 wow but thats like when you hear S Koreans playing video games to death literally. People have died from video games at days at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dago Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 yet another reason that the apathetic will inherit the Earththey just wont do anything with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Beast Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Biloxifalcon (12/5/2007)FalconMama (12/5/2007)Wow, I wish my husband had that kind of drive! :P!!!! But he'd be DEAD too!Maybe that comes as a bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipp78 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 That sucks man, i personally know that these people work way to hard, they're not lazy like Americans, its like there honored to have their jobs even if they are simple or meaningless. Plus there way more friendly than Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfan ! Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Well at least I know I'll NEVER die from THAT!:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robpanama Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 pICture check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcnfan77 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I really don't understand the massive desire that people have in modern society to work like slaves. I put in 65 hours last week...13 hours a day and it was stupid of me. I just did it because the overseers on my plantation demanded it.I had a job once where I worked with a large number of elderly in nursing homes. Never once did I see pictures of the places where people used to work during their "productive" years. It was all pictures of family.Yeah, ya gotta make a living. But why the race to kill yourself in the process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Daing and i thought working 40 hrs was too much. Ill stop thinking that now thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki45toryu Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Hey hey...just like residency.100 hour weeks the first year...60-70ish the last couple. Fantastic.All the while making the equivalent of 7 dollars/hour. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backnblack Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I never saw a hearse pulling a U-Haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I really don't understand the massive desire that people have in modern society to work like slaves. I put in 65 hours last week...13 hours a day and it was stupid of me. I just did it because the overseers on my plantation demanded it.I had a job once where I worked with a large number of elderly in nursing homes. Never once did I see pictures of the places where people used to work during their "productive" years. It was all pictures of family.Yeah, ya gotta make a living. But why the race to kill yourself in the process? Fully Agree. As long as my bills are paid and I am fed, I am glad with it. As has been said, no one on their deathbed has ever said " I wish I had spent more time at work" That is why I weaned myself away from the rat race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backnblack Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 You know what they said after they cut the monkey's tail off...it won't be long now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 When I worked at the power plant, I was making great money for this area . But we were working ridiculous hours in terrible conditions ( it is a coal fired plant). I was on call at all times and believe me, my body was breaking down and mentally I was not too far behind. every joint in my body was hurting, my back, my ankles, everything. I would have to hobble to my friends apartment in the morning to get him to tie my shoes because I could not even bend after first getting out of bed. I'm serious. The day I walked off that job I knew how people felt when they say " the world is lifted off my shoulders". Unemployment was ****,And longer than I expected, but my body IMMEDIATELY began to heal. I worked many odd jobs, kept doing artwork, sold some here and there to keep eating, have a wonderful brother who helped me at every turn. Now I occasionally still do odd jobs and sell art and have NEVER felt better physically or mentally. I look back and still shake my head at what that place did to me and still cannot figure how I escaped that heart attack that had to be lingering. Anyone..PLEASE..Please never waste your time doing something you hate and remember all the money in the world won't buy your life back. 13 years I lost there and could have EASILY lost my life there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biloxifalcon Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 pencilpusher (12/6/2007)When I worked at the power plant, I was making great money for this area . But we were working ridiculous hours in terrible conditions ( it is a coal fired plant). I was on call at all times and believe me, my body was breaking down and mentally I was not too far behind. every joint in my body was hurting, my back, my ankles, everything. I would have to hobble to my friends apartment in the morning to get him to tie my shoes because I could not even bend after first getting out of bed. I'm serious. The day I walked off that job I knew how people felt when they say " the world is lifted off my shoulders". Unemployment was ****,And longer than I expected, but my body IMMEDIATELY began to heal. I worked many odd jobs, kept doing artwork, sold some here and there to keep eating, have a wonderful brother who helped me at every turn. Now I occasionally still do odd jobs and sell art and have NEVER felt better physically or mentally. I look back and still shake my head at what that place did to me and still cannot figure how I escaped that heart attack that had to be lingering. Anyone..PLEASE..Please never waste your time doing something you hate and remember all the money in the world won't buy your life back. 13 years I lost there and could have EASILY lost my life there.That's one of the very reasons I left home at 18. I am from a mill town (textiles), and I saw what working in the mill was doing to people as they got older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backnblack Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Yeah, it got them unemployed. All those textile jobs are in Malaisia now.:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robpanama Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 This is too bad, good employees are hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biloxifalcon Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 backnblack (12/6/2007)Yeah, it got them unemployed. All those textile jobs are in Malaisia now.:PYea, I remember when it happened. There were TONS of people laid off. Luckily for them, other manufacturing jobs came, and stayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozoatl Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Now I'm sorry I drive a Toyota - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biloxifalcon Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 bozoatl (12/6/2007)Now I'm sorry I drive a Toyota -Most of it is probably made in Tennessee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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