http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_347760_18/11/2007_249255
Do you personally know a peson that doesnt work and leads a luxurious life???
2007-11-19 19:15:52 · 6 answers · asked by Takis 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Greece
@ Kimon not all people work 9-5. maybe those in the cafees work in the afternoon!!!
2007-11-19 21:10:17 · update #1
I have grown up in the 'wealthy" Nothern Suburb of Athens and still I have not met a preson older than 25 who is unemployed and lives luxuriously!!! I know a lot of people that dont work so hard and lead a good life but not a single person that is unempoyed and lives well. Apparently there are two Greeces, a wealthy one and a poor one! Sadly I live in the poor one!!!!
2007-11-20 20:28:34 · update #2
I must improve my network of friends since most of them work their a s s e s off for 700-800€ which is a joke for the rest of Europe (exept Bulgaria).
And yes I have not encountered aliens but i cannot rule out the possibility that they exist!!
2007-11-21 18:42:03 · update #3
Just take a look at the cafeterias around 11:00-12:00 everyday. Half of the people you see there fall in that category.
I know many of them, exactly as they are described in the article. I totally agree.
2007-11-19 20:36:49 · answer #1 · answered by Kimon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know several young people who live off their parents' income while studying, pretending to study, actively looking for a job, or simply waiting for the perfect job to land on their lap.
Whether their life is luxurious or not is a matter of perspective. At any rate, that is not what the article is suggesting. However, I would hesitate before calling most of them financially challenged.
2007-11-20 08:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by Marcus P. Cato 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this all depends on family traditions. In my circle there are no such phenomena. I have not stopped working even for a day since before I got my degree - with the exception of the year I was doing a MA abroad. The same goes for all of my friends. I noticed a girl in the article was an architect, such as myself. Sure she doesn't want to work in someone else's office. I didn't like it either, but I had to do it. If she feels her family can support her indefinitely, that's their issue. I am not judging it. I personally want to be independent, that is why I don't accept to be financially dependent either from my parents or my husband. I could not accept to live with my parents after i graduated. And with my husband, even though we are business partners, we still keep our earnings separate. If I work fewer hours for a project, I get less money from the fee. If I need money I work more. It's a matter of mentality.
2007-11-20 08:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There is something to be said about indolence, the Mediterranean way. Does one work to live or live to work?
Please release me from the so called Judeo-Christian value of hard labor. It is another device fabricated by Industrialists to subjugate the masses.
2007-11-22 05:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by emiliosailez 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I sure do,, & he's not even Greek ,,Italian & under 40,,, have known him 4 good 15yrs
2007-11-20 03:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by zenasworld 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't meet any but somehow I can't rule out that posibility
2007-11-21 11:05:56 · answer #6 · answered by chrisvoulg1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋