Why do Americans hate vacations so much???

[Testosterone boy]

Most Americans recoil in horror when I mention a vacation. I always lose any possible bookings when a vacation is mentioned......even if it was from a referral.

I would do as well if I said I was going to jail for a week.

What is your problem with the concept of taking a vacation? Does it disrupt you from your beloved TV schedule? Is that why you are inclined to leave them to Europeans who take twice as many?


I can't change reality however....I will just start taking very short vacations and not let anyone know.

 

[hardrock]

Vacation? What the hell is that?

Jk. last one I went on was for spring break last spring. I needed a vacation after that vacation just to recover.

 

[Razorguns]

It's always funny American vacations last maybe 1 weekend or 1 week.

Whenever i talk to people in Europe -- their vacations are in WEEKS AND MONTHS.

Those lucky damn euro-peons! How the fuck can they afford to take so much time off work??? We're wayy over-worked here.

 

[jerseyart]

LOL

I read your post on anothere thread and thought you were going to claim cause every other guys wife and gf admired your penis in the hottub

LMAO

 

[Testosterone boy]

LOL

I read your post on anothere thread and thought you were going to claim cause every other guys wife and gf admired your penis in the hottub

LMAO

One year later and the girls still talk about to me about how well I "present my package."

Read it and weep. I can't help it.

 

[jerseyart]

One year later and the girls still talk about to me about how well I "present my package."

Read it and weep. I can't help it.

Hee hee

Im sure you're a stud man

Be careful advertising it though. Now GL and Gambino are going to inundate you with requests for penis pics

 

[mountain muscle]

It's not that we hate vacations, we just don't get many of them. I only get 14 days paid vacation a year.
It might seem like people do but only because when you take a vacation you are inconveniencing them and making them change their plans or look for a new photographer.

BTW, can you PM me your website url? I am interested to see some of your work.

 

[EnderJE]

It's always funny American vacations last maybe 1 weekend or 1 week.

Whenever i talk to people in Europe -- their vacations are in WEEKS AND MONTHS.

Those lucky damn euro-peons! How the fuck can they afford to take so much time off work??? We're wayy over-worked here.

Look at at the North American economy. Look at the European economy.

 

[Testosterone boy]

It's not that we hate vacations, we just don't get many of them. I only get 14 days paid vacation a year.
It might seem like people do but only because when you take a vacation you are inconveniencing them and making them change their plans or look for a new photographer.

BTW, can you PM me your website url? I am interested to see some of your work.

I can neither send nor receive PMs.

You can email me at [email protected].

I have never gotten around to updating my photo gallery since the first time that I submitted photos. Absolute complete and total dysfunction there.

I could do better if I updated my photo gallery. I kick myslef in the ass every time I think about it.

 

[maxpain]

It's always funny American vacations last maybe 1 weekend or 1 week.

Whenever i talk to people in Europe -- their vacations are in WEEKS AND MONTHS.

Those lucky damn euro-peons! How the fuck can they afford to take so much time off work??? We're wayy over-worked here.

They live in a socialist society where the government provides everything for them. So they have no ambition to work and get wealth on their own. Kinda sound like the democrats here don't it. Hell the best selling book in France is about how you can NOT go to work. Tells you how to call in sick, etc.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

They live in a socialist society where the government provides everything for them. So they have no ambition to work and get wealth on their own. Kinda sound like the democrats here don't it. Hell the best selling book in France is about how you can NOT go to work. Tells you how to call in sick, etc.

amazing, where do you get these magic governments, that pull goods and services out of their asses?

the answer is simple - the europeans focus more on lifestyle

in greece, for example, stores open at 9, then close at 1 so that the owner can have a snooze, and then they might open again at 3 or 4, until 6 or so. beats the hell out of this 8-6 bullshit over here

its all about priorities.

 

[SoreArms]

In some European countries people also get as much as a month of vacation, here we get 1-2 weeks per year.

 

[maxpain]

amazing, where do you get these magic governments, that pull goods and services out of their asses?

the answer is simple - the europeans focus more on lifestyle

in greece, for example, stores open at 9, then close at 1 so that the owner can have a snooze, and then they might open again at 3 or 4, until 6 or so. beats the hell out of this 8-6 bullshit over here

its all about priorities.

We focus on lifestyle too. YOU HAVE TO WORK TO MAINTAIN A GOOD LIFESTYLE. UNDER-FUCKIN-STAND ??? Since it is so much better over there. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE ??? You are the same SOB who will bitch about the evil rich. Do you think most rich people work 40 hour weeks? Hell fuck no they don't. Since your priority is to be lazy. We have enough fuckin sponges in this country. Let me know when you are ready to leave. I'll buy you a one way ticket. Amazing how people like you bitch about america but yet you still live here. Sounds like you are just fuckin lazy. Oh wait a minute your not a liberal..you're australian! So I speak for the hard working australians who want something out of life and are WILLING to WORK for it!!!

 

[DIVISION]

No time for vacation.......

Need the money...nuggaaaaaaaaaa


DIV

 

[string_bean00]

Vacations are awesome.

 

[maxpain]

In some European countries people also get as much as a month of vacation, here we get 1-2 weeks per year.

Is that a priority to you? Vacation time. I mean really. Is it?

 

[maxpain]

Vacations are awesome.

Uh yeap, yes they are !

 

[GoldenDelicious]

We focus on lifestyle too. YOU HAVE TO WORK TO MAINTAIN A GOOD LIFESTYLE. UNDER-FUCKIN-STAND ??? Since it is so much better over there. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE ??? You are the same SOB who will bitch about the evil rich. Do you think most rich people work 40 hour weeks? Hell fuck no they don't. Since your priority is to be lazy. We have enough fuckin sponges in this country. Let me know when you are ready to leave. I'll buy you a one way ticket. Amazing how people like you bitch about america but yet you still live here. Sounds like you are just fuckin lazy. Oh wait a minute your not a liberal..you're australian! So I speak for the hard working australians who want something out of life and are WILLING to WORK for it!!!

oooo a little defensive today, are we?

a few things:
1) theres no need to act abusively. it just makes you look like a bigger dickhead than you do normally. which is...pretty big.
2) you probably would have looked like less of a fool if you had deleted the bits where you offered to buy me a one way ticket, and told me to get out of here, assumng that i was in the US. as it is, you should go out and buy a hat with bells on it
3) you do not have to work 40 hours to have a "good lifestyle". many europeans are living proof. furthermore, a "good lifestyle" is subjective. there are those that prefer to have more time on their hands, and less money.
4) you probably DO have to work 40 hours a week if you are obsessed with buying material shit that you really dont need, and having the crap taxed out of you so that you can send armies to war across the world.
5) dont presume to know anything about australian culture.

dont assume that everyone is as limited as you are. at present, my longest vacation is nudging 18 months. yeah, you read that right. i can do that sort of thing because my time is more important to me than having a bank account on steroids, a new car every year, a house bigger than i could ever need...its all about priorities.

think about that in a few years when you wake up in the morning, realise that most of your life is gone and you didnt do much but see the inside of your office (or whatever you do). but hey...you "made something of your life".

pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.

 

[Testosterone boy]

I have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after a vacation. I have been a little snotty this week actually.

I need to get back to kissing ass real soon...have a lot of bills.

 

[wootoom]

i love vacations

 

[Spartacus]

Is that why you are inclined to leave them to Europeans who take twice as many?


:

not exactly an endorsement for yurp
not too long ago south africa was a popular european vacation spot
no longer
myself,I work for a family owned business
haven't had a week long vacation since my honeymoon in '96

 

[rsnoble-im-back]

My expereince is #1: money issues and #2: fear of being singled out for taking time off and consequently being laid off. I have seen and expereinced both of these issues for years.

Americans are shooting themselves in the foot wanting 7/24 hour service on absolutely everything. They don't realize they'll have to help fill in the void. "Oh my god--you took friday off and had a 3-day weekend!! What happened!!??". Don't laugh, I've heard that a million times.