Friends, I agree completely with Tom. I have been working for 30 years and the employer expects more work now than when I began. I get so pissed off at all of the deals being made, the hypocrisy, the lack of respect for good work that i literally drive myself crazy, into such a depressed state that it is hard to function. So I take a day off. It's a grand idea and the more days you can take off the better. I figure screw the bosses. They take your life and expect you to smile. michael yates Tom Walker wrote: > > michael perelman wrote, > > >A couple of days ago NPR had a story about Native Americans being poor > >employees because their family obligations are too strong. They are too > >prone to take time off to help a friend or family member in need. > > Yesterday, I went to a memorial service for a good friend who died in > August. Today, my brother called to tell me that our cousin had taken her life. > > Those of us (the majority) who didn't die before we got old are getting old. > Dying. Getting sick. Sick and tired. > > The last great hope is that the assholes who managed to avoid acquiring a > tragic view through sheer inattentiveness will now have no choice as > attrition wears down their Howdy-Doody masks. > > A couple of months ago, I was fiddling around with population pyramids, > mortality rates and labour force participation rates. I stared at the screen > and a grinning skull stared back at me -- the face of a generation. > > Remember the fabulous baby boom? It shot it's demographically unprecedented > retirement savings wad into the financial firmament. What comes next is not > quite as much. Not quite as much is never quite enough to call growth. > > The byrds took their words from Ecclesiastes. Turn, turn, turn. Nothing new > under the sun. A time for everything. A time for love, a time for hate, a > time for war, a time for peace, I swear its not too late. > > But not on company time. If you're going to die be sure to do it on your own > time and come in the next day to make up for the time you've lost. This is > where the Marx hits the pavement. Read the message from Michael and ask > "what the fuck else is there?" money? trends? tenure? > > >A couple of days ago NPR had a story about Native Americans being poor > >employees because their family obligations are too strong. They are too > >prone to take time off to help a friend or family member in need. > > Regards, > > Tom Walker > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > #408 1035 Pacific St. > Vancouver, B.C. > V6E 4G7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (604) 669-3286 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
