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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 22, 2007 23:50:24 GMT -5
It's true that many people slack off when the boss isn't looking. People are used to relaxing when not being commanded, and they resent being instructed, evaluated, and condescended to by their "superiors." They don't want to do anything for them that they don't have to.
If people worked together for a common goal, instead of putting a value on the hours of their life (worse yet, letting someone else do that) maybe they'd be more proactive.
Not to say that everyone is ready or willing to do such a thing today, but our laziness is conditioned rather than natural. In a different environment, people may not need to be bossed around.
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Post by Ave` on Sept 23, 2007 7:18:43 GMT -5
I work better when my boss isnt breathing down my neck :/
it doesnt mean im slacking off...i just like to take my own sweet time heh
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 23, 2007 7:38:06 GMT -5
^ I'm the same, but then again, I have strange work habits. I tend to work a month or two of hard labor to pay for a few months of freedom. I bet I would tend to slack off if I stayed at one place too long. I don't think I'm lazy, just stubborn. You know, in all my travels, I never made it to Japan. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, but never Japan. If you don't mind my asking, what's life like there? Do you like it?
I always got a kick out of how people in the U.S. refer to the Orient as the Eastern lands, but the closest way there is westward.
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Post by Ave` on Sept 23, 2007 9:34:13 GMT -5
I always got a kick out of how people in the U.S. refer to the Orient as the Eastern lands, but the closest way there is westward. weird isnt it...ill ans u in PM :] |
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 23, 2007 10:27:12 GMT -5
Not to say that everyone is ready or willing to do such a thing today, but our laziness is conditioned rather than natural. In a different environment, people may not need to be bossed around. I disagree, I believe our laziness is also natural. No animal wants to use its energy if there's no need to for its survival. Plant-eating herds won't migrate in search of food if there's abundance nearby. Predators won't hunt preys unless they are hungry. All these require much use of their energy. As for needing leaders/bosses - that, too, is a form of natural laziness for humans and other social animals to let one of them do all the hard thinking and risk-taking that spares the rest of efforts - in return for extra compensations, e.g., more food, more space, more mating for the leaders. |
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 23, 2007 10:57:46 GMT -5
Good point, but I'm not so sure conserving energy is laziness. Active humans and most animals give off a lot of energy playing, or, in a lot of human cases, creating. Work tends to sap this energy. I think one of the best reasons not to work is to reclaim your ability to direct your own energy. I wouldn't be able to travel so much, or help out my friends without setting a date if I had a normal job, that's for sure.
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Post by Ajeno on Sept 23, 2007 17:48:33 GMT -5
Interesting...
I think some structure and motivation from a superior can be good.Having a nice boss who's kind, understanding and give's you space because he/she trust's you make's you want to work harder and do a good job.
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 23, 2007 19:25:49 GMT -5
I didn't think of that, although, I've never had a boss like that I'm afraid. The perils of manual labor I'm sure.
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