On Point On Slacking

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday May 31, 2006 @05:00AM from the stuff-to-listen-to dept.

Wellington Grey writes "This week the NPR show On Point has an excellent episode exploring slacking and the American work ethic. (note that it's audio) It touches on some issues that may be of interest to geeks such as outsourcing, the church of the subgenius and the eternal conflict between wanting to be a lazy bum and wanting to work hard. What do slashdotters think: does America need more slack or more work?" It is summer vacation after all, right?

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slack or work? by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-05-31 05:02 · Score: 5, Funny

What do slashdotters think: does America need more slack or more work?

Hmmm. Which category does slashdot fit into? That's what I thought...

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1. Re:slack or work? by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-05-31 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You keep telling yourself that... : p
  
  j/k. I fully realize that slashdot can actually be a valuable asset at times. I mean, today alone I've learned that my company shouldn't install a giant glass elevator, that including a BluRay drive in the PS3 may not have been such a good move, and that the PirateBay was shut down. I'm expecting a nice bonus when I write the summary up for my boss...
  
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2. Re:slack or work? by computational+super · 2006-05-31 06:52 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Dude, where do you work? I'm sure there's lots of people who'd jump at the chance to take advantage of an employer naive enough to measure productivity in terms of commit logs.
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  I guess I'd have to be careful, though - I might end up being so productive I get promoted.
  
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That this question is even being asked by grasshoppa · 2006-05-31 05:02 · Score: 4, Funny

That this even is being asked illustrates a very serious problem in this country. We are a nation of slobs and lazy asses.

I say this WHILE posting to slashdot. :D

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Get back to work you lazy bastards. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-31 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Sincerely,

Your boss.
Audio???? by gstoddart · 2006-05-31 05:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Audio format? What the hell?!

Sheesh! Can't someone post a summary. I don't want to wait to download a friggin' audio stream, I just want it paraphrased for me.

;-)

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Comments? by Wellington+Grey · 2006-05-31 05:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Comments? How can there be comments already? Clearly these people didn't LTTFP :)

-Grey

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Re:Europeans by juan2074 · 2006-05-31 05:51 · Score: 3, Funny

China now has more people than the whole planet.
News at 11. . .