Originally Posted by
mayonaise
interesting. well, the UK apparently doesn't abide by the directive. but i don't see how these laws equal laziness.
i don't know what the problem is with a maximum 60 hour work week. the average for America is 40 hours, anyway. to top 60 hours/week you'd have to work over 12 hours a day, for five days. what percentage of Americans do that?
what difference does a minimum of one day a week off make, when most Americans get two (Saturday and Sunday)?
i don't know what job wouldn't give you a break in more than six hours of work. and an 11 hour break in a 24 period isn't laziness, either. that's still 13 hours of work in a day.
im not saying that by itself is lazy, im saying that americans work more hours than europeans, thats a fact not a opinion. granted we might have a largely obese population, but there are different levels of lazy. 40 hours is sooo not the norm. i honestly dont know anybody personally who only works 40 hrs a week that has a full time job. my office for example, people are only here monday through friday but everyone puts over 50 hours a week in
and americans dont get a minimum of two days. like i said most people i know work 7 days a week.