2007-03-19 13:56:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i say yes, but that's just one mans opinion
2007-03-19 13:57:29 · update #1
it's a joke guys. lighten up with all the economic stuff. 10/10 to dazmaz for effort though.
2007-03-20 10:55:39 · update #2
I agree, then we could all sit on Yahoo Q&A......well, maybe not! :)
(What's 'kingklic' ranting on about????)
2007-03-19 14:01:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the first 'Time and Motion' studies performed in Detroit, Michigan in the 1920's ( yes, 1920's....Al Capone and all that stuff ) conclusively showed that Homo Sapiens Sapiens is at his ( not sexist, only men were tested in this study ) best, meaning most productive in a seven day cycle, when he does 20 hours work. The odd thing was that it didn't matter which 20 hours. The difference between one day of twenty hours, as per your premise, and say five days of four hours was negligible.
This experiment was rather confirmed during the 1973/4 oil crisis, when, due to the added burden of a miners strike the Ted Heath government had to impose the three day week. This meant all industrial facilities could only work single shifts three days a week, i.e. 24 hours of production. The result ?
In many plants total production actually rose !
Both of the above items of information were, surprisingly enough, totally suppressed.
In time we will evolve to a much lower working element to our daily programs, and, as some have noted, we will have to pay a great deal more attention to how we spend our leisure or recreational hours.
This is the real challenge of the 21st century, the standards of the 19th were allowed to persist into the 20th, but now it's time to wake up to the fact that there is simply no necessity to have human beings doing menial and mind-degenerating tasks.
The economics are quite simple, not that the power-holders will admit this without a struggle, the pay can quite easily be adjusted so that everyone receives an adequate stipend for their labours.
Thus the future is more one of work sharing, and service activities. Precisely so that when little Johnny scrapes his knee ( hopefully nothing worse ), their will be a nurse on duty to make it all better.
By then, again, hopefully, such activities won't even be recognisable as 'work' anymore.
2007-03-19 23:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As this is a culture program, I think you mean should we work 6 days and have the sunday off. AS with pay would not enter into it. If it was absolutely necessary eg hospitals buses, trains for a few examples, the answer is defnitely yes, with a percentage increase!
2007-03-19 21:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by jeffrey biter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but 24hr shopping sould be stopped and sunday shopping toEveryones entitled to proper working hours.
2007-03-19 21:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. This is the best suggestion I have ever read. Hooray for you!
2007-03-19 21:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Kble 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you fully! I have been saying that since my first job!
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-03-19 21:56:03 · answer #6 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This will feck up the economy my Friend!
2007-03-19 21:02:06 · answer #7 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beautiful thought i agree that it should be
you are climbing the ranks my friend
2007-03-19 22:12:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hell yes four days per week .. i also want
2007-03-19 21:22:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya, let's all be like Europe----wait a minute----that's insane!
2007-03-19 23:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by lightperson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋