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High gas prices prompt call for 4-day work week (Four 10's)
KING 5 TV (Seattle)
| 4/28/08
| ERIC WILKINSON
Posted on 04/28/2008 12:56:23 PM PDT by llevrok
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Four days? That would be 1 more a week than I really work now! Pffft.
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posted on
04/28/2008 12:56:23 PM PDT
by
llevrok
To: llevrok
What if you already work 5 “tens”?
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posted on
04/28/2008 12:58:56 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
To: llevrok
Sign me up, I already work close to 10 hour days. I’ll take the freebie. ;)
To: llevrok
Four tens would be great. Problem is some kinds of jobs it isn’t practical.
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posted on
04/28/2008 12:59:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: llevrok
I work zero days per week. Think of all the fuel I'm saving!
To: llevrok
Old school Bosses will never go for that. Crap I work 10 hrs 5 times a week sometimes 6.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:00:16 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
To: llevrok
Telecommuting is a better option.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:01:17 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
To: Sybeck1
Most people I know are already working 5 Tens. It’s expected. Cutting the work week doesn’t lessen the amount of work that needs to be done. Still it’s one possible solution. They’d probably expect you to telecommute on the fifth day.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:01:21 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
To: Graybeard58
You’re a green dream, Gray.
To: Sybeck1
Right. A company in my industry is known for its four-day work schedule, but nobody else in the industry wants to implement it because the senior people in that company always end up working five days anyway.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:02:20 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: llevrok
I used to work four 10s. Now I work four 11 or 12s. I love it! I’d rather work four 12 hour days than five 8 hour days. Three day weekends every week are awesome!
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:03:47 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Slapshot68
Well, as a soldier, my typical duty day lasts for about 10.5 hours. And I commute via a five-minute walk. Although if you take out personal hygiene and lunch time, that’s only 8 hours. But it was 9 hours today.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:04:58 PM PDT
by
tlj18
(Governor Sarah Palin for Vice President!)
To: Graybeard58
And we thank you for contributing...
To: Alberta's Child
I worked a 4-10 schedule during the Carter misadministration. We were off Friday through Sunday. With a Monday holiday we all on the road to somewhere. Who just sits at home with a 3 to 4 day weekend? I doubt total gas used was any less overall.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:06:44 PM PDT
by
dblshot
To: llevrok
The math is off a bit, but since so many take advantage of non-work days to drive to the mall anyway, the net saving would be zero or even worse.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:07:23 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: BenLurkin
Problem is some kinds of jobs it isnt practical.Maybe not so much now but as more and more businesses become 7 day a week operations, 4 day work weeks could become practical.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:08:10 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: llevrok
“Working four days instead of five would mean 20 percent fewer trips to and from work, reducing oil consumption by an estimated 40 percent.”
Advanced math required?
To: llevrok
Gee this would give us an extra day to drive to the Golf Course or some other recreational pursuit which would undoubtedly nullify any energy saving by not working 5 days a week
To: Drew68
That’s great! Then there’ll be three days that I can drive to golf courses that aren’t on my way to work.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:09:21 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: llevrok
Working four days instead of five would mean 20 percent fewer trips to and from work, reducing oil consumption by an estimated 40 percent Is this Journalism math or something? Besides, the end consumers in the US do not consume the bulk of the petrtoleum. That would be the truckers.
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posted on
04/28/2008 1:10:33 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Party ahead of principles; eventually you'll be selling out anything to anyone for the right price.)
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