Originally Posted by
rebeld
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.
so
most people you know make up a majority of the american population?
h:
actually, about 40 hours a week is the norm:
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
edit:
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/H....07082005.news
many americans may work a little more than 40 hours a week on average, but not by much. and if you look at the chart in the BBC article you posted, you'll notice that europeans do, too. the average weekly hours for all the countries listed is higher than 40 hours/week, except for Denmark and Lithuania. even France, with it's 35 hour work week, is above 40. most americans get weekends off. sorry, but that's a fact, too.