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2005-03-22 Europe

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-22 2:15:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sorry, Fred - didn't see Dar's. You can delete mine if his was first.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-22 2:18:14 PM|| 2005-03-22 2:18:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 River eel? LOL! We always use wet squirrel.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-22 2:32:30 PM|| 2005-03-22 2:32:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 1,431 hours. German workers put in 1,446 hours, British 1,673 hours, Americans 1,792 hours and Koreans 2,390 hours.

1431 hours @ 35 hours a week == 41 weeks

1431 hours @ 40 hours a week == 35 weeks (for comparison)

1446 @ 40 hours == 36 weeks(!)

1673 @ 40 hours == 42 weeks

1792 @ 40 == 45 weeks

2390 @ 40 == 60 weeks(!)

OK, my first reactions is HOLY CRAP THE SOUTH KOREANS NEED TO TAKE A VACATION!

My second reaction is, "OK, who's pulling down the average in the US?" Most everyone I know gets at most 3 weeks of vacation. Toss in the national holidays, that brings it to 4 weeks a year off; where did the other three weeks go?

As for the French and Germans -- Christ, no wonder their economies suck. Your "workers" put in about a third less time than American workers -- at a time when some people whine that Americans don't want to work.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-22 2:41:31 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-22 2:41:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 where did the other three weeks go? Lost in the dryer with that single sock every load.....

survey says: summer vacation for teachers?

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-22 2:45:17 PM|| 2005-03-22 2:45:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Only 52 weeks in a year, Bob.

2390/52 = 45.96 hrs/week

Posted by mojo 2005-03-22 2:51:33 PM|| 2005-03-22 2:51:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Big deal. They're raising it to 39. What's that, four more hours to strike during the week?

Posted by tu3031 2005-03-22 3:16:20 PM|| 2005-03-22 3:16:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 You got it Frank. Ima on a Connie Francis even as we speak. :)

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-22 3:55:53 PM|| 2005-03-22 3:55:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Shipman--Get off her--that's sick.

I wonder if they're including part-time jobs in those calculations? Those would sure bring down the average. As far as those South Koreans, though--Wow!

Posted by Dar 2005-03-22 4:01:59 PM|| 2005-03-22 4:01:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I know people who pretend to work 12 hours a day and never get anything done...

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-22 4:06:53 PM|| 2005-03-22 4:06:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL, TGA.

Is that anything like the old Soviet system, where the people pretended to work and the government pretended to pay them? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-22 4:31:15 PM|| 2005-03-22 4:31:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 ROFLMAO Dar! Way funny.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-22 5:50:49 PM|| 2005-03-22 5:50:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Only 52 weeks in a year, Bob.

2390/52 = 45.96 hrs/week

It's Rob, please. And, yeah, I know there are only 52 weeks in a year; check the math I had on the "missing two weeks" of work. The point was that the South Koreans put in 60 weeks of work in a year.

As you pointed out, with no time off, that would be 46 hours a week. Like I said, they need to take a vacation.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-22 9:40:49 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-22 9:40:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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