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Title: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on June 22, 2012, 11:58:06 AM
Unlimited vacations (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/europe/europe-court-says-sick-workers-can-retake-vacations.html?_r=2) now available!

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BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe’s highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another vacation.

Next time I get a tummy ache on vacation, I'm going to show this to my boss.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 22, 2012, 02:37:21 PM
Unlimited vacations (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/europe/europe-court-says-sick-workers-can-retake-vacations.html?_r=2) now available!

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BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe’s highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another vacation.

Next time I get a tummy ache on vacation, I'm going to show this to my boss.

The greeks work more hours than we do.  Productivity is a bitch.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: steve dave on June 22, 2012, 02:52:23 PM
I get that much vacation time.  I'm more productive in the first 15 minutes in the office each day than your average Greek is in a year and a half though. 
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 22, 2012, 02:57:59 PM
6 weeks of vacation a year here.

Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 22, 2012, 03:07:57 PM
6 weeks of vacation a year here.

Oh man, are we really measuring vacation sizes?   :fatty:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: steve dave on June 22, 2012, 03:28:47 PM
teacher vacation time is brutal. your time off is during the busiest child ridden time of the year for travel and taking time off during the school year is near impossible. 
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on June 22, 2012, 03:37:18 PM
6 weeks of vacation a year here.

Same here, but just think, if I don't feel well on my vacation, I can easily double that!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: AbeFroman on June 22, 2012, 04:00:08 PM
Europeans are great at vacationing. They really follow the motto "Go big or go home". I remember thinking I was cool vacationing in Ireland, then all my British friends were all like "pffffft Ireland? I'm going to Mauritius for a couple weeks"
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: chum1 on June 22, 2012, 04:41:49 PM
i'll go to one ski resort each year for a weekend getaway and never fail to meet some europeans who are like, "we're skiing here for 10 days, then sightseeing for a couple of weeks."  i'm always like, "wtf am i doing wrong here?" :(
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: the KHAN! on June 22, 2012, 05:43:45 PM
i'll go to one ski resort each year for a weekend getaway and never fail to meet some europeans who are like, "we're skiing here for 10 days, then sightseeing for a couple of weeks."  i'm always like, "wtf am i doing wrong here?" :(

You're poor? They're rich?
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on June 23, 2012, 08:27:30 AM
Unlimited vacations (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/europe/europe-court-says-sick-workers-can-retake-vacations.html?_r=2) now available!

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BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe’s highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another vacation.

Next time I get a tummy ache on vacation, I'm going to show this to my boss.

The greeks work more hours than we me and my lazy lozery friends do.  Productivity is a bitch.

Yeah, they're practically slaves
http://www.news.com.au/world/greeks-protest-40-hour-work-week/story-fn6sb9br-1226058611291

GMAFB :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: chum1 on June 23, 2012, 08:39:48 AM
here's the thing, though.  if i was taking a really long vacation, i would be traveling around a lot and seeing lots of different crap.  just hanging out in a beach house for weeks and weeks, for example, seems like it would get boring.  10 days at the same ski resort?  that can't be exciting at all after like the third day, can it?  you don't have to go anywhere to sleep late and take it easy all day.  if i go somewhere on vacation, i want to hit it hard.  right, guys?
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 23, 2012, 10:06:46 AM
Unlimited vacations (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/europe/europe-court-says-sick-workers-can-retake-vacations.html?_r=2) now available!

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BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave. But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe’s highest court ruled that workers who happened to get sick on vacation were legally entitled to take another vacation.

Next time I get a tummy ache on vacation, I'm going to show this to my boss.

The greeks work more hours than we me and my lazy lozery friends do.  Productivity is a bitch.

Yeah, they're practically slaves
http://www.news.com.au/world/greeks-protest-40-hour-work-week/story-fn6sb9br-1226058611291

GMAFB :rolleyes:

Greece is full of entrepreneurs.  They work more hours than almost anyone else in the eurozone.  Their public servants work more than France, not sure who else has public sector workers under 40 hours.  But whatever.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined (http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined)
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: TheHamburglar on June 23, 2012, 10:11:31 AM
here's the thing, though.  if i was taking a really long vacation, i would be traveling around a lot and seeing lots of different crap.  just hanging out in a beach house for weeks and weeks, for example, seems like it would get boring.  10 days at the same ski resort?  that can't be exciting at all after like the third day, can it?  you don't have to go anywhere to sleep late and take it easy all day.  if i go somewhere on vacation, i want to hit it hard.  right, guys?

Two "hit it hard" and two relaxing per year.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on June 23, 2012, 10:24:06 AM

The greeks work more hours than we me and my lazy lozery friends do.  Productivity is a bitch.

Yeah, they're practically slaves
http://www.news.com.au/world/greeks-protest-40-hour-work-week/story-fn6sb9br-1226058611291

GMAFB :rolleyes:
[/quote]

Greece is full of entrepreneurs.  They work more hours than almost anyone else in the eurozone.  Their public servants work more than France, not sure who else has public sector workers under 40 hours.  But whatever.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined (http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined)
[/quote]

Didn't realize "we" meant the eurozone.  In any event, wgaf?

KK is now flipping from annual hours worked by hourly wage earners to entrepreneurs in greece.  Where will this thread twist to next???  A graph showing the more socialist the country the more productive* it becomes, perhaps longer hours worked by public sector employees = larger national deficit??? 

Intriguing  :flush:


*if productivity were defined as nothing more than hours on the clock
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: jmlynch1 on June 24, 2012, 10:50:30 AM
here's the thing, though.  if i was taking a really long vacation, i would be traveling around a lot and seeing lots of different crap.  just hanging out in a beach house for weeks and weeks, for example, seems like it would get boring.  10 days at the same ski resort?  that can't be exciting at all after like the third day, can it?  you don't have to go anywhere to sleep late and take it easy all day.  if i go somewhere on vacation, i want to hit it hard.  right, guys?
You are right
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 24, 2012, 11:23:26 AM

The greeks work more hours than we me and my lazy lozery friends do.  Productivity is a bitch.

Yeah, they're practically slaves
http://www.news.com.au/world/greeks-protest-40-hour-work-week/story-fn6sb9br-1226058611291

GMAFB :rolleyes:

Greece is full of entrepreneurs.  They work more hours than almost anyone else in the eurozone.  Their public servants work more than France, not sure who else has public sector workers under 40 hours.  But whatever.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined (http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined)
[/quote]

Didn't realize "we" meant the eurozone.  In any event, wgaf?

KK is now flipping from annual hours worked by hourly wage earners to entrepreneurs in greece.  Where will this thread twist to next???  A graph showing the more socialist the country the more productive* it becomes, perhaps longer hours worked by public sector employees = larger national deficit??? 

Intriguing  :flush:


*if productivity were defined as nothing more than hours on the clock
[/quote]

I started typing out an explanation, but if you can't understand what I said the first two times I don't think its worth it.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on June 24, 2012, 11:27:26 AM

The greeks work more hours than we me and my lazy lozery friends do.  Productivity is a bitch.

Yeah, they're practically slaves
http://www.news.com.au/world/greeks-protest-40-hour-work-week/story-fn6sb9br-1226058611291

GMAFB :rolleyes:

Greece is full of entrepreneurs.  They work more hours than almost anyone else in the eurozone.  Their public servants work more than France, not sure who else has public sector workers under 40 hours.  But whatever.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined (http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/labor-market-workforce-lead-citizen-cx_po_0521countries_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=undefined)

Didn't realize "we" meant the eurozone.  In any event, wgaf?

KK is now flipping from annual hours worked by hourly wage earners to entrepreneurs in greece.  Where will this thread twist to next???  A graph showing the more socialist the country the more productive* it becomes, perhaps longer hours worked by public sector employees = larger national deficit??? 

Intriguing  :flush:


*if productivity were defined as nothing more than hours on the clock
[/quote]

I started typing out an explanation, but if you can't understand what I said the first two times I don't think its worth it.
[/quote]
[/quote]

parody post?
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 24, 2012, 11:34:19 AM
Look you even screwed up the quote function.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 26, 2012, 02:08:42 AM
teacher vacation time is brutal. your time off is during the busiest child ridden time of the year for travel and taking time off during the school year is near impossible.

lol, no way    :cool:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Dugout DickStone on June 26, 2012, 10:49:12 AM
Every time people bitch about the Greeks, I get all mad and am like "we raised a ton of money for pledge games and then we cleaned up the highway twice a year!  Plus, our GPA is higher than the rest of the student body's!"

and then I realize they are talking about the country that used to be good at stuff but now sucks crap at everything.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: kstatefreak42 on June 27, 2012, 12:26:52 PM
Its the bloody Rothchilds.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: sys on June 27, 2012, 12:36:12 PM
if real estate prices in desirable parts of western europe fall low enough and long enough, we will someday look back at this event as the greatest, best period of our lives.  at least i will.


but they aren't.   :angry:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: Kat Kid on June 27, 2012, 02:45:11 PM
real estate prices in desirable parts of western europe fall low enough and long enough, we will someday look back at this event as the greatest, best period of our lives.  at least i will.


but they aren't.   :angry:

berlin is very cheap, but thats probably not what you're hoping for.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: bakerman on June 27, 2012, 03:36:18 PM
real estate prices in desirable parts of western europe fall low enough and long enough, we will someday look back at this event as the greatest, best period of our lives.  at least i will.


but they aren't.   :angry:

berlin is very cheap, but thats probably not what you're hoping for.

 :lol:
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: sys on June 27, 2012, 04:18:22 PM
berlin is very cheap, but thats probably not what you're hoping for.

extremely dangerous places are usually cheap, kat kid.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: hemmy on June 27, 2012, 10:41:00 PM
I have unlimited vacation, and I am only 24.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: _33 on June 29, 2012, 10:18:16 PM
here's the thing, though.  if i was taking a really long vacation, i would be traveling around a lot and seeing lots of different crap.  just hanging out in a beach house for weeks and weeks, for example, seems like it would get boring.  10 days at the same ski resort?  that can't be exciting at all after like the third day, can it?  you don't have to go anywhere to sleep late and take it easy all day.  if i go somewhere on vacation, i want to hit it hard.  right, guys?

Agree chum1. I love to roam and visit historical sights but my wife just wants to go to the beach, so last vaca I tricked her into going to Omaha Beach. Just kidding but that's a funny joke.
Title: Re: Goodbye, Europe
Post by: slobber on July 03, 2012, 10:10:48 AM
here's the thing, though.  if i was taking a really long vacation, i would be traveling around a lot and seeing lots of different crap.  just hanging out in a beach house for weeks and weeks, for example, seems like it would get boring.  10 days at the same ski resort?  that can't be exciting at all after like the third day, can it?  you don't have to go anywhere to sleep late and take it easy all day.  if i go somewhere on vacation, i want to hit it hard.  right, guys?

Agree chum1. I love to roam and visit historical sights but my wife just wants to go to the beach, so last vaca I tricked her into going to Omaha Beach. Just kidding but that's a funny joke.
Yes, that is a funny joke. Surprised you did not get credit for it.