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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. That's great by Rethcir · · Score: 1, Troll

    I should move to France, I'd be a model worker!

  2. Re:Slacker Thee by Brandybuck · · Score: 1, Troll

    I remember working in a union printing shop in the late 80's. One lady spilled an entire drum of ink on the printing floor in sight of everyone, and calmly walked away saying "I don't have to clean it up, it's not in my job description."

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    Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!