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Can The US Economy Be Saved By European Vacations?

Mr. Lazy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:00:46 +0000

The solution for most American companies being hit hard by the tanking economy is to layoff employees, reduce wages, or take government bailouts. European experts are suggesting something for US corporations to consider, give your employees more time off.

But the implications of the question of layoffs versus cutting hours or increased time off go beyond individual families. In the United States, 6 in 10 workers who have become unemployed over the last 12 months have not received any unemployment benefits. Thus, more than one out of every two unemployed workers ends up having to severely curtail their consumption, which pulls down economic growth since 70 percent of the United States economy is based on consumer spending.

Work less, get paid, and keeping your job sound like crazy European ideas that work because, well, the alternatives suck. If you’re on the job market and dedicated to being lazy, keep applying for the top slacker jobs and just pretend you’re French until you get one.

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I’m Being Lazier Until Dec. 26

Mr. Lazy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:48:09 +0000

That’s why this site is called, Be Lazier. Have a good holiday weekend, see you all next week with new stories about peeing and whatnot. Related posts: Have A Good Thanksgiving Week Don’t Do Shit Labor Day Weekend Be Lazier Back From The Dead, Posts Resume Related posts:

Have A Good Thanksgiving Week

Mr. Lazy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:00:02 +0000

Lazy people take a one day holiday and turn it into a one week event. To demonstrate, that’s exactly what I’m doing. If you get bored you can fish through the archives or visit foXnoMad.

See you all next week…!

Carry An Unactivated Credit Card While Traveling Abroad To Avoid ID Theft

Mr. Lazy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:00:45 +0000

foXnoMad writes:

By using an unactivated credit card, you�ll have the plastic to show but won�t have to worry about a shady car rental employee from buying a Prada bag with your Visa. Just make sure to peel off the activation sticker before you hand it over.

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We’re Feeling Lazy Today

Mr. Lazy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:23:59 +0000

Almost so lazy that I wasn’t even going to write a post about how I was too lazy to post today, but I needed a good excuse to put up a picture of a Pug.

Be Lazier Posts In Lifehacker: Summer 2007

Mr. Lazy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:00:44 +0000

I just ran across our post on the benefits of daydreaming that was picked up by Lifehacker in early July and this one about dragging Firefox tabs in between browser windows. Yor comments and suggestions are always welcome!
Thanks!

Don’t Do Shit Labor Day Weekend

Mr. Lazy — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:00:45 +0000

Labor Day weekend is a good time not to do shit. So that’s what we’re doing.

We ain’t doing shit, and neither should you.

Back on Tuesday unless we continue to not do shit.

Have a good weekend all!

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