One country that could use a decent helping of karoshi is China. Let's just say that the traditional Western work ethic is far from established here. With the decline in state-run (more aptly 'state-subsidized' or 'state-coddled') firms, the shift to a market economy could use a swift increase in labor productivity and worker conscieousness.
Maybe then I won't have to wait as long in line as clerks drink tea, shoot the sh!t, and otherwise waste my time...
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by Taro Toporific » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:57 am
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FUCK THE 2020 OLYMPICS!
FUCK THE 2020 OLYMPICS!
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming...
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