I'm going to stand up for the slackers here. 22 year old student from the UK here, to put my opinion into perspective for you.
Ok, so you can take 40+ hours of my week in return for a wage. This part I'm cool with. Sort of. You should be paying me for travel time, really. You're taking away my time, therefore I should see compensation.
Ok, so I'll do the work you ask. It's dull, it's a waste of time but you're paying me, so it's cool. Let's face it, all work outside the public sector* is pointless and is just working to satisfy some fuck's greed.
However, I will not care about your job. I will not leap to attention everytime a customer walks in, because they're just another fucking customer. If they need help, they'll ask. If they want something, they'll buy it. They do not need me hovering over them, suggesting shit to them. If I don't feel in the mood for the ratrace today, I will ring in sick. If I feel that today is a day that would be better spent playing games, I'll ring in sick. If I have an arguement with my girlfriend and need time to sort that out, I'll ring in sick.
You know why? Because the mental wellbeing and satisfaction of the individual, comes far above your dirty little desire to have money. And the fact that society espouses the opposite view, is insane.
You hit a nerve today, dude. I just got fired for taking personal time off.
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No to things that have an immediate "fun" payback, even if they might be out of budget, wasteful, addictive, etc.
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Here's a little point for you, maybe if you gave these kids something worthwhile to do, they'd have a work ethic. Instead of working to make some distant boss richer, how about giving them the chance to effect positive change within our world?
* I may or may not be using the phrase correctly. I'm talking about stuff the society actually needs. Like peeps to process taxes, benefits and such, doctors, cops etc.