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Add to FavoritesWell, lets see, I know they like to park in the fire lanes and handicapped parking spaces so they are close to the stores and don't have to walk to far. (Seems everyone has a handicap sticker nowadays). I know they like to leave their shopping carts in the spot they parked so they don't have to walk it over to the shopping cart holding area. They like to eat out (fast food) alot; its a whole lot "easier" than thinking what to cook and actually cooking it. And when they're done eating rather than take their trash to the receptacle they like to leave it on the table they were eating at. Someone even parks their car for them at some restaurants so they'll go there rather than other restaurants. There is powdered potatoes in the store so you don't have to peel the real ones, even.
I know they like to throw their trash out of their cars (you see it all over the highways and city streets) rather than "taking" it from their car later to their own trash can. Some just fill their broken down pick-ups in the front yard with it. They even drive to the restaurant across the street from their job, rather than walk over, for lunch. And most of them have "sit-down" jobs. Some of them that could be working, don't; for some of the smallest reasons. They don't go to church on Sundays anymore.
There are lots of video rental places in town because they watch alot of TV or play video games for hours or all day. And they have alot of, "remotes" now that turn things off and on so you don't even have to get up everytime. You can even open your garage door!. They have a lot of gyms and fitness centers but they're usually pretty empty. And most cars today have power windows.
So you tell me, "Is the average American lazy"?
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We must first define who the average American is. There are so many factors to consider before answering this complex question. Everyone in America realizes we are comprised of many cultures and ethnicities. Of course the minorities are coming into the majority these days. Many jobs require you to be bilingual, especially in the border states such as California and Texas, The backbreaking tedious farm work was once maintained, solely by the Latino community. The vineyards across So. California employed migrant workers from Mexico to do this tedious laborious work, primarily because of the reduction in labor cost. The average American can not afford the luxury of being lazy. No longer is the man the primary and only bread winner to support his family. It is almost an impossibility. Health care cost alone will bankrupt most families.
We must take into account the African American , who was captured and brought to this country as slaves, primarily to work in the fields, picking cotton or harvesting tobacco. Those work ethics have not been lost on the preceding generations. I know of many families who have survived because an elderly grandparent continued to work, just to send the next generation to college in order to make life less taxing for them
America has always been boastful about welcoming immigrants from other countries. These families have moved to America to work hard and obtain the American Dream. America, is saturated with people from other countries ,working very hard to just feed their families. Let's not forget the lower middle class , who just recently may have lost their footing on the American dream because of this turn in our economy. These past few decades , have seen mostly two incomes in the nuclear family just to survive. A sixteen hour work day is not uncommon.
it has been argued that technology, will make work more efficient for the American worker. However, these workers will have to be trained and who will pay for their education? Once again, we depend on an older generation that has to work way past retirement, just to put their adult children through college to make it easier for them.
Eventually work will become easier for the next generation, but hard work and sacrifice now, may be the only way for the next generation to take a breather. We are all waiting to exhale. Until that time, unfortunately, we must keep our noses to the grind stone. Can you better ascertain, if the American worker is lazy or not? I think we would all agree, they should be extremely fatigued.
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