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Vive La Loafing!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bonjour-to-sloth dept.

theodp writes "Bonjour Paresse, an anti-corporation slacker manifesto whose title translates as 'Hello Laziness,' has become a national best seller in France and made a countercultural heroine of its author, who encourages workers to adopt her strategy of calculated loafing in response to dimming prospects of success for rank-and-file employees. Could a translation find a Silicon Valley audience?"

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  1. Can't be bothered to RTFA. by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't be bothered to RTFA, I've got too much slashdotting to do here at work before lunch rolls around.

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    1. Re:Can't be bothered to RTFA. by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
      Can't be bothered to RTFA, I've got too much slashdotting to do here at work before lunch rolls around.

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  2. One name ... by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Walley. (read: Dilbert.)

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  3. This is an American phenomenon too... by jkiryako · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...if you don't like your job, you don't quit, you just go in every day and do it really half ass, that's the American way." - Homer Simpson

  4. Managment by Paper by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you just walk around with a bit of paper in your hand you look busy and can make sure you achieve nothing.

    Rus

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  5. No loafing by Burpmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, have these businesses considered a no loafing sign?

  6. Re:Imagine... by wmaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of people slacking off!

    slashdot?

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  7. Rot by e.m.rainey · · Score: 4, Funny

    So her point I guess is a mental strike. Instead of fixing the rotting system from the inside by working harder and going nowhere, accelerate the rotting by doing nothing. Either they will have to give up on their socio-political HR poilicies and start basing promotion, hiring and firing on applicable indicators like skill or die by their own hand.

    I'm suprised, France, that's very capitialistic of you. And here I thought you didn't swing that way.

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  8. AHHHHOOOGAH! ALERT! by TiggertheMad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Work HARD = Work SMART, not Work LONG

    ALERT! DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER! This person has uttered a Dilbert 'Pointy haired boss'-ism, and no humor or irony has been detected. Someone notify Cowboy Neil that a PHB has gained access to Slashdot, and pull the account, quick!

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  9. Re:The Stint by mikael · · Score: 5, Funny

    He/she has doubled their productivity by posting the same reply twice in a comment. We won't hear from 'havoc' for another three months now.

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  10. Re:Slacker Thee by anagama · · Score: 4, Funny
    • Now, let's all sing the company song.

    Workers Doxology:
    • Praise bossman morning workbells chime
      Praise him for bits of overtime
      Praise him whose wars we love to fight
      Praise him fat leach and pa-ra-site
      AMEN
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