Re: New Olive Film - Scriptwriting101

From: HiramGonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 19:26:59 -0000

I'm not sure the Japanese *LIKE* to work but perhaps see it as more of
a duty. They may just silently suffer whereas us Americans gripe
*LOUDLY* about work.

John can relate to this: Sitting on a pile on unused vacation but try
to take off longer than a few days and - goodness - you'd think you
were asking for a raise. The Managers sigh and moan, look worriedly at
a schedule, mutter something about "coverage" and "deadlines", and
then sign the permission form.

Been here over 6 years. Longest vacation was 8 days. I once had Jury
Duty for 10 days...that was fun.

(*sigh*) And my middle kid just started Kindergarten. Oldest in 2nd
grade. Littlest is programming in Ruby. Where does the time go?
--D.O.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "7visions" <7visions_at_p...> wrote:
> Vacations are just one place that the Europeans ( and Aussies) are
more civilized than we are.
>
> The Japanese take even less time off than we do, but at least they
LIKE to work, unlike most Americans :)
>
> I will have a choice as a teacher to stagger my paycheck over twelve
months instead of nine.... and I will TRAVEL MY ASS OFF!
>
> Long weekends in the Bay Area as my only sojourns just do not cut it
anymore...
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> L
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> From: mayhem
> To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y...
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Re: New Olive Film -
Scriptwriting101
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> > Just got back from a week-long vacation in the Humbolt/Redwoods
area.
> > This trip was inclusive from Tuesday (8/27) to Tuesday (9/3). It
> > goes without saying that such a "long" trip would have been
impossible
> > during my SillyVox days...
>
> "Long vacation" is a relative concept. I once went to Rome for a
week
> because there was no way to fit a two-week vacation into a
month-long print
> cycle. Looking back, I realize I should have tried for the full
two weeks I
> had coming at the time, and asked if someone could cover for
me--but I'm a
> control freak. I think my honeymoon (three years later) was close
to two
> weeks, so I did get better over the years.
>
> But a week seems pretty normal to me for most Americans: two
weeks' vacation
> out of the year is customary, and no one wants to squander all
their
> vacation days on one trip--so it's sensible to take one week as a
long
> vacation, and either use up the rest in a second trip, or create
long
> weekends by tacking on the vacation days here and there, so one
can go on
> several little trips.
>
> Of course, some people take sabbaticals every year--or every
couple of
> years--but that's unusual.
>
> --Q.M.
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Received on 2002-09-06 12:27:02