tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9227504.post110382208042444415..comments2007-04-15T21:10:29.438-07:00brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00354844684694005463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9227504.post-1104105643138709322004-12-26T16:00:00.000-08:002004-12-26T16:00:00.000-08:00I think what you are describing is a symtom of American culture, from outside the looking glass it's innovative and technically very advanced, indeed alluring.....<br /><br />From my experience, at the coal face, the working environment is a political mine-field, driven my money and status with a dog-eat-dog mentality.....<br /><br />A culture which dictates that you can't have a particular office because your not senior enough when infact it's empty because nobody is senior enough is f*cked up to say the least.....<br /><br />why??<br /><br />I'm not sure, because I'm not a yank, but I believe these guys are brought up were being successful is drummed into them as much as the Irish are told to eat their spuds....<br /><br />It's their singular goal in life, like all those little sperms trying to be the one that gets the egg, (well done by the why.....), go...go...go<br /> <br />And how do you guage success? without stating the obvious, for most "professional" people it's the wad in your pocket or the size of your car (or is that office), blah, blah....<br /><br />Anyway, I'm ranting a bit here, I think I'll not have any more wine....<br /><br />The other thing is the Yanks are born to work....they get shag all holidays worth talking about, so I'm assumming they all work their nads off, get as much cash as they can and retire early to get a life.....<br /><br />LaterMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12950419436350804616noreply@blogger.com