...what happened to those? Does anyone really have a lazy summer anymore (with the exception of the pooch in the picture)? I saw an article in USA Today and thought some of the statistics were kind of interesting, at least interesting enough to share. "U.S. workers put in an average of 1,815 hours in 2002. Combined weekly work hours for dual-earning couples with children rose 10 hours per week, from 81 hours in 1977 to 91 hours in 2002, according to a new study by the New York-based Families and Work Institute." Government data on hours worked don't capture time put in off the job, such as during weekends, or after-hours work that many salaried employees do on laptops, cell phones and e-mail. Even vacations are going by the wayside: Employees are handing companies more than $21 billion in unused vacation days each year, according to a study by Expedia.com.What happened to those summers like the Country Time lemonade commercials? Kind of sad that so much focus is on work vs. family & friends, don't you think?
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Amen to that. I want the kind of summers I had as a kid. Lazing around barefoot, smelling like sunscreen, kids with dirty feet & knees at the end of the day, taking a bath, then having a big bowl of ice cream.
We need to bring that back!!
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