you lazy bum said the bum

the bum has been at his current job for a while now and the bum has noticed something he hasn't noticed at any other job he has had in the past. the bum has been working without interruption for almost ten years now (meaning he has held a job pretty much everyday for almost ten years) but he hasn't realized his latest observation until now. that observation being people at work do not work as hard as they should. the bum is not talking about a five minute break here and there, the bum is talking about in an eight hour day people do actual work for maybe three hours. a good employee probably only works for five hours. the bum is blown by this. yes, the bum is on record stating how much he dislikes his current job but thinking back about the other places he has worked at, here is no different from those other places.

as suprising as this is to the bum he isn't totally suprised. at some point during his education, he learned about how americans do not work as hard as other people in other countries around the world but the excuse given was not because americans are lazy but rather they are overworked. the bum doesn't know if americans are overworked but the bum sees a lot of laziness. people chat too much and are easily distracted. it maybe because the bum started working at a young age or the bum's parents instilled in him a strong work ethic but the bum is dissapointed in the work ethic of people. work sucks people, but as long as you are getting a wage you should be...well...working. the bum doesn't have a problem with talking or doing x,y, or z, but if you can't multitask (and one of those tasks being actual work) then maybe you shouldn't be talking or doing x,y, or z.

the bum once was an advocate of increasing vacation time but he isn't so much anymore. why increase vacation time when people are already taking a vacation at work?