Lazy Mexicans?

by **nietzsche** on Tue May 28, 2013 11:31 am

OCDE wrote:People in Greece worked 2,032 hours a year in 2011, more than the OECD average of 1,776 hours. Only workers in Mexico (2,250 hours) and Chile (2,047 hours) worked more.

http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.society&id=1048

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Tue May 28, 2013 12:04 pm

Does the 3 hour siesta count as part of the workday?

by **Symmetry** on Tue May 28, 2013 12:08 pm

Haggis_McMutton wrote:Does the 3 hour siesta count as part of the workday?

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.

by **warmonger1981** on Tue May 28, 2013 1:20 pm

Are you a MexiCan or a MexiCant?

by **thegreekdog** on Tue May 28, 2013 1:59 pm

I have never met a lazy Mexican.

by **Symmetry** on Tue May 28, 2013 2:06 pm

thegreekdog wrote:I have never met a lazy Mexican.

I've never met Nietzsche either.

by **Serbia** on Tue May 28, 2013 3:23 pm

Did nietzsche start a trap thread for himself???

Bollocks.

by **Symmetry** on Tue May 28, 2013 3:35 pm

Serbia wrote:Did nietzsche start a trap thread for himself???

Bollocks.

I'm sure he'll reply when he's ready.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue May 28, 2013 4:02 pm

Haggis_McMutton wrote:Does the 3 hour siesta count as part of the workday?

It does for nearly all European countries.

by **Phatscotty** on Tue May 28, 2013 5:23 pm

Such a BS stereotype. They are the hardest working people out there. Many times people mistake them as lazy because it's not unusual for some to fall asleep on the job or sleep in and come in late on a regular basis, but it's not because they are lazy, it's because they are working 18-20 hour days.

by **nietzsche** on Tue May 28, 2013 7:25 pm

Wrong Scotty, the real cause is hangover.

by **Dukasaur** on Tue May 28, 2013 8:11 pm

All the farms around here fly in planeloads of Mexicans for the spring. Without them agriculture in Ontario and Quebec would cease to exist. You simply can't get Canadians to do the amount of work the Mexicans do. People who don't know any better say "cheap labour" but quite honestly Canadians wouldn't do this kind of backbreaking work even if they were paid three times the wage. I know lots of farm and greenhouse owners and they will quite candidly tell you the same thing. The Mexicans are out there at 5:30 every morning and they stay out there until the job is done, 7, 8, 9 at night. Tough work -- planting, pruning, potting, loading trucks -- and in the hot sun.

Some stereotypes have a basis in fact, but this is absolute bull. I can't count the number of times that I've found myself saying, "THANK GOD FOR THE MEXICANS!" Usually when I pull into a greenhouse and the Mexicans have my truck loaded with 840 trays of shrubbery in the time that it takes me to saunter over to the bathroom, take a piss, walk into the office, pick up the paperwork, flirt with the secretary, and refill my coffee.

by **notyou2** on Tue May 28, 2013 8:32 pm

Dukasaur wrote:All the farms around here fly in planeloads of Mexicans for the spring. Without them agriculture in Ontario and Quebec would cease to exist. You simply can't get Canadians to do the amount of work the Mexicans do. People who don't know any better say "cheap labour" but quite honestly Canadians wouldn't do this kind of backbreaking work even if they were paid three times the wage. I know lots of farm and greenhouse owners and they will quite candidly tell you the same thing. The Mexicans are out there at 5:30 every morning and they stay out there until the job is done, 7, 8, 9 at night. Tough work -- planting, pruning, potting, loading trucks -- and in the hot sun.

Some stereotypes have a basis in fact, but this is absolute bull. I can't count the number of times that I've found myself saying, "THANK GOD FOR THE MEXICANS!" Usually when I pull into a greenhouse and the Mexicans have my truck loaded with 840 trays of shrubbery in the time that it takes me to saunter over to the bathroom, take a piss, walk into the office, pick up the paperwork, flirt with the secretary, and refill my coffee.

And get refused the phone.