You self-important suckers! According to a recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll, one in five people brought a laptop along on their recent vacation. Aside from incessantly checking MySpace for new friend requests, you were checking in at the office too. Shame on you!
The reasons cited for “checking in” were:
– It’s expected of me
– I might miss important information
– I enjoy being “in-the-know”
Wow – I’m soooo impressed Mister Laptop on the Beach guy. You deserve your own “Real Men of Genius” Budweiser ad. 19% of folks said they worked on their vacation even though they were technically off.
Don’t tell me a Blackberry is not the world’s smallest albatross.
The poll also states that white men are the worst culprits when it comes to working on their vacation. Idiots. Women, were more likely to read a book. At least Oprah’s Book Club is good for something.
The sad part is is that America already gets the least amount of vacation days – 13 on average (the only industrialized nation with fewer in Mexico). Last year Americans wasted 574 million vacation days!
There’s an even worse offender – the co-worker who won’t take vacation at all!
A psychologist who studies happiness, Leaf Van Boven, has conducted numerous surveys and experiments spanning several years and has found that life experiences, such as vacations, generally make people from various walks of life happier than material possessions. Read more here.
So forget that plasma screen and get away. And don’t phone in that much-needed vacation.
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