How life would have been without Thatcher

[Doggy Styles]

A British worker in the 70s went home at 5 o'clock without finishing the job.
An American worker stayed on as long as it took to finish the job, which might be 12 o'clock at night.
A German worker finished the job at 4:59pm, took one minute to put on his coat and wish his colleagues a good evening and then went home.

I've worked in Germany and with US staff in US companies in the UK. In my very small sample size, that was eerily accurate.

[BlasterBates]

On the whole people in the UK are more relaxed and people f*** around a lot more and then end up staying late to get the work done.

[Doggy Styles]

On the whole people in the UK are more relaxed and people f*** around a lot more and then end up staying late to get the work done.

Nowadays yes, I agree. I thought MTT was going back to the old days, when it was a bit different. Then they'd clock out and feck off.

[NotAllThere]

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An American worker stayed on as long as it took to finish the job, and then left at 12 o'clock at night to impress the boss...

FTFY

[Mikeoc1962]

Better