Why Working More Than 8 Hours a Day Can **** You

[Death-Proof-69]

What's sad about my hands is that years ago I used to do things like hardcore bodybuilding and weightlifting and the amount of strain and damage something like that did pales in comparison to the repetitive motion and twisting around I have to do on my job now with objects that weight no more than a kilogram or two.




Or mediocre athlete.

Now that I think about it backup quarterback must be the greatest job in the world. They don't really have to do anything most of the time, they still get payed millions of dollars a year, and in the unlikely event they are needed they aren't expected to do well anyhow so their isn't much risk or pressure to do well. If they do great they are a hero and if they do badly, well, people expected that anyhow. Plus they have a better view of each game than tickets can get people. I should have put more effort into getting one of those jobs. :1orglaugh

have you ever watched blue mountain state? same thing pretty much, just in college

 

[Ravenholm]

There's no chance in that happening to me. I don't even work 8 hours a week let alone 8 hours a day.

 

[Supafly]

I worked as a spokesperson for handicapped workers, and had meetings twice a week so I had to go up 3 in the morning and came back 1 in the morning, later. Still, I had to be in at 7 the next day, as travelling time doesn't count as work time...

 

[vodkazvictim]

This doesn't apply to every job. IMO, it really only applies to office jobs/desk jobs. I work at a restaurant as a manager. No matter how many hours I work there, whether it's 15 or 70 hours per week, I will always get the same amount of work done while I'm there. I'm not writing articles, making presentations, or doing anything that requires creativity. It's the same thing day in and day out. Go in, do the food safety checklist, get someone designated to prep, cooking, waiting on tables, handling breaks, assisting customers at the register, answering phones, then cleaning and closing at the end of the night.

The only way working more hours affects me is how stressed I am while at work dealing with customers. If I have to deal with more customers that are assholes, I'm pissed and not happy working. If I don't have as many complaints and people screaming in my ear, I'm happier. I can say that over this past summer when I was only working weekends, I was much more pleasant at work than I am when I'm full time. So working less does mean that other people will be happier around me since they don't have a pissy manager to deal with, and I will be able to handle customer complaints in a more calm manner since I'm not over-worked.

Then there's also my modeling. I sometimes shoot for over 10 hours straight, and it doesn't bother me. So it also depends on whether you actually enjoy what you're doing at work. Is your job a hobby or is your job just a job to put food on the table? You can work 40+ hours per week doing your hobby and be very productive throughout all of it. But if it's just a job to you, then yeah, working more than 40 hours per week can take it's toll on you.

You're a manager; you don't work.
Waiters work. Chef's work. Kitchen bitches work. Managers go hide in the office.

That too. A lot of people forget that a large portion of workers are paid per hour, not on salary. And they also forget that not all people have actual careers, like a dentist, lawyer, detective, reporter, etc. I'd say that a great deal of Americans are working in the customer service industry, as cashiers, waitresses, cooks, dish washers (though not many people hire a person just to do dishes, I know my place doesn't- everyone does the dishes), stocking merchandise, call centers, etc, where their job is on a clock. You don't make your own hours, you are scheduled for a certain time and you do not leave until your boss tells you to or until your side duties have been completed, even if that means staying late. You work around the customers, around the level of business, not around your own clock.

PS. This is something I **** about my Cosmo magazines, which I get monthly. There's always articles based around 9-5 jobs. Hello, most people don't HAVE 9-5 jobs! I really want to write to the magazine about that.

you fon't have a KP? Weird.