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2.13.2005 ||> It's always punch in, punch out
In many places around the world, there is a clear separation between work and life. When people are on the job, they are workers, but off the clock they can do what they want, within the limits of the law. During work, they don't have to care, they just had to do the job in a satisfactory fashion. As an American who lived abroad, at first, I was a bit frustrated with this. Waitresses and shop clerks wouldn't smile. They just took your money, they didn't ask you about your feelings. After awhile, I got used to it, and it started to make sense. Why should they? They don't know me and they certainly aren't interested in my life. When I came back, it was very disorienting going to restaurants where people pretended like they were friends with you. It's also strange that, from my experience, Americans care more for about their jobs than the rest of their day.
Companies, realizing that Americans have this protestant work ethic, capitalize on the approximately 83 hours a week that is given to us to have a life with. They take away our vacations, tell us we can't smoke on our own time, and do other nasty things to us that only sweatshop workers would put up with. Why do we allow this? What should be done?
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