To French Workers, Minutes Add Up

International Herald Tribune Via AnkleBitingPundits.com ^ | 4/29/05 | Thomas Fuller

[gregwest]

To have productivity, one has to produce something? What products does Norway produce? I can't think of anything I have ever purchased that came from that country.

GW

[tomjohn77]

Are you the local Homer Simpson in your community

[tomjohn77]

Yes that one. I was always reffering to per hour. Never arguing combined hour. Thank you. Always nice to talk to somebody that are nice

[tomjohn77]

I acctually studyed in the US. It was a great experience and I met so many nice people. One of my best friends is an American from New Jersey. He is a Bush supporter by heart and a good man. We had so much fun. He also stayed at my parents house for two weeks over Christmas. My parents loved the guy. Really nice. I was also invited home to a couple of families for thanks giving. Great parents that were open and nice.
I never encounter persons like highwheeler. Probably because I avoid those people because I like positive people.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

I have worked for and with French Nationals as well as US Citizens and several other countries in A Classical Kitchen Brigade System over the Last 35 years I have not seen a Discerning Difference between anyone Nationality Though the French Tend to be alot more arrogant then most in a Kitchen setting which is really funny since most French food comes from Italy ( Caterina Di Meci`) or England (Augusta Escofier)

Wow! Did someone steal all the punctuation keys from your keyboard? And what is with all the unnecessary capitalization?
Trying to read your post gave me a headache!

[tomjohn77]

Third largest exporter of oil, machinery, equipment, metals, chemicals, ship building, a lot of fish farming. Imports account for just 60% of exports. Bugdet surplus of around 15%. Look up the CIA fact book 2005.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I remembered the thread because I once had an office manager who was Norwegian by birth. She was amazingly efficient. By the time I got in the office she had three lists; what she had taken care of, what she would take care of and what I needed to intercede in. She often left for lunch and didn't come back. I tried to find something to be mad about but her work was always up-to-date or ahead. There were other people to answer the phone. She made a hard job look easy.

Focus and efficiency seem to be Scandinavian traits. I just don't understand their penchant for government.

I also don't understand the French standing in the report. The ones I have met just haven't struck me as particularly productive. It may be that their economy has eliminated all but the high productivity jobs.

[HighWheeler]

"I was always reffering to per hour."

So, Euroweenies have been taught to believe that someone who runs a one-hundred yard dash in 10 seconds once in a whole day are more productive (per hour!) than the American who runs an entire marathon (at a "slower pace"!) in 3 hours during the same day.

So THIS must be how Euroweenies get duped into living in tiny, cold, old, expensive houses while their government takes nearly all their money......

[tomjohn77]

Totally agree that the French dont seem to productive.

[tomjohn77]

PPP is around 40000 dollar for both Norway and the US. Run fast and be finished is my philosophy.
Why so much anger whinner? Drink a duff beer and relax homer.

[tomjohn77]

I hate government. Latelly the Norwegian government have started to privatize a lot of different businesses. Making postal for example run like a private company. Sell down in Statoil who is the leading oil producer in Norway etc. So things are going the right way. Industrial growth was between 5-6% last year. That is one of the highest growth rates in the Western World or the highest.