Lol you know the moral of that story is the exact opposite. He ends up doing all the things so he can actually relax the next day. Anyway nice shitpost
Except, in capitalism, there is no "actually relax the next day."
There's always more work to do. You wake up the next day and do it all again. You make it to the end of the week, and on Saturday you catch up on all the shit around the house you didn't get to. Sunday you have more shit to do. Monday comes and you go back to work.
A side effect of the alienation of labor is that there's no incentive to "get it all done and then relax the next day." No, you get it all done and then it's onto the next job. If you go above and beyond, you set a new precedent and then your boss expects that from you every day from now on, and if you revert to a "normal" pace then you get reprimanded.
Yup I've made it my goal at work to see how long I can drag things out, my favorite is when things drag on so long it ends up getting canceled. My team spends a lot of time with nothing to do but its remote work so I know they don't mind.
My company underpays all of us by a lot so I figure this makes us even.
Yeah, do the work they're paying you for. If they're underpaying you, do the amount of work what they're paying you is worth. Companies need to learn that workers have leverage/bargaining power.
The moral isn't the opposite. Toad becomes stressed about all the work that needs to be done tomorrow. He instead gets all his work done pretty quickly, takes the rest of the day off, and resolves to do nothing the next day now that he's more relaxed.
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poddus@discuss.tchncs.de · 30 pts · 130d
Lol you know the moral of that story is the exact opposite. He ends up doing all the things so he can actually relax the next day. Anyway nice shitpost
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 130d
Except, in capitalism, there is no "actually relax the next day."
There's always more work to do. You wake up the next day and do it all again. You make it to the end of the week, and on Saturday you catch up on all the shit around the house you didn't get to. Sunday you have more shit to do. Monday comes and you go back to work.
A side effect of the alienation of labor is that there's no incentive to "get it all done and then relax the next day." No, you get it all done and then it's onto the next job. If you go above and beyond, you set a new precedent and then your boss expects that from you every day from now on, and if you revert to a "normal" pace then you get reprimanded.
YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
Yup I've made it my goal at work to see how long I can drag things out, my favorite is when things drag on so long it ends up getting canceled. My team spends a lot of time with nothing to do but its remote work so I know they don't mind.
My company underpays all of us by a lot so I figure this makes us even.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 130d
Yeah, do the work they're paying you for. If they're underpaying you, do the amount of work what they're paying you is worth. Companies need to learn that workers have leverage/bargaining power.
onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 130d
OP can't read
Mniot@programming.dev · 1 pts · 130d
The moral isn't the opposite. Toad becomes stressed about all the work that needs to be done tomorrow. He instead gets all his work done pretty quickly, takes the rest of the day off, and resolves to do nothing the next day now that he's more relaxed.
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website · 22 pts · 130d
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 130d
*"What the fuck you think you're doing?"
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 130d
Though if your toilet is clogged, you may wish to deal with that today.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
ain't no law against shitting in the neighbor's pool when they aren't lookin
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 10 pts · 130d
That's perfectly valid. The problem comes when you start doing this every day, and then important shit ends up getting put off until too late.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 130d
Leave me alone mom
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 130d
Just please remember to wear clean underwear today, alright?
asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 130d
Who can afford to buy underwear every day?
darthsundhaft@piefed.social · 5 pts · 130d
paranoid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 130d
Frog and Toad are GOAT
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 130d
Tomorrow:
"I said I'd do it tomorrow. This is today now!"