The most bizarre thought hit me at the most inappropriate time and has refused to be shaken resembling that of a sticky cocklebur pinching your clothes like a professional seamstress who’s mastered the fine art of fashion and design.
Two completely different pictures of a nation walking toward the same horizon; are we the hardest working generation of all time or the laziest?
Tell me someone that isn’t working two to five different part time jobs. Now tell me someone that wouldn’t budge an inch off the sofa for three hours labor a day even if it came with fringe benefits like free lunch, company clothes and a roof over their head.
Where does the line begin and end? Are we 60% overworked or 80% I don’t care?
Author Doug Lee writes, “Generation X is the hardest working in American history claiming no other group has been forced to multitask harder and faster.”
Interestingly enough research shows Gen Xer’s are the first set of go-getters that find no interest in holding down a job for long periods of time. While our Grandparents are looked upon as being the Greatest generation and Mom and Dad get baby boomer credit for being the richest; in the canals of everyday passage the current portrait put on display clearly outlines a separated place of stay.
Comedian/Actor and Author Dennis Leary’s first book Why We Suck; A Feel Good Guide To Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid feels no need to rationalize because baked into the pages of this abrupt walk through life are unforced sticks of humor based on everyday occurrences that critics believe the faint at heart can’t digest.
Lazy2work.com knows of our lazy side laying claim to the idea that we keep doing the same routine over and over; we wake up, walk into the bathroom, feed the dogs, take them out, get ready for work, listen to the boss scream and drive home wondering who’s getting kicked off American Idol tonight.
Through their glasses they see we don’t like what we’re doing and we aren’t doing what we like. More importantly we are lazy because we aren’t having fun doing what we are doing.
Then Google took me to the book Are We Too Lazy to Get Better at Golf…
Oh! And how about the band Burnout 3 Takedown who sings, “We are the lazy generation. Stand up and shout, we’ll be there for you. Hey hey hey…we are the lazy generation, we are the lazy generation…” Almost four minutes of just that.
Enough said…my luck the man hired to throw dirt on my coffin will call in sick only to be spotted at an Ironman 15 movie premiere.
Are we the hardest working generation in history or the laziest? Can someone be the hardest working lazy person? I’ll give it a shot cuz that’s all I’ve got…I blogged a full page…I’m too fricken lazy to do the normal two.
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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