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See also The Onion: > Man Returns To Work After Vacation With Fresh, Reenergized Hatred For Job * https://www.theonion.com/man-returns-to-work-after-vacation-

See also The Onion: > Man Returns To Work After Vacation With Fresh, Reenergized Hatred For Job * https://www.theonion.com/man-returns-to-work-after-vacation-with-fresh-reenergi-1819574342 https://www.theonion.com/man-returns-to-work-after-vacation-...

runawaybottle 5y ago
Lol. Thanks for making my day better. Edit: But to add to the comedy (all comedy is tragedy, and all tragedy is comedy according to the Greeks), that’s pretty much the reason why I don’t take vacations. It’s not going to change anything, so I much prefer to take days off so I don’t completely lose it. The sadness is hilarious.
- kekebo 5y ago
  They may not fundamentally change ones attitude towards a job, but when carefully planned and executed vacations may have the potential for creating some worthwhile times and memories
  - runawaybottle 5y ago
    It depends on how your personal incentive structure is modeled. Behaviorally, everything for me is goal oriented. I reward myself when I accomplish something (hard), this is how my parents raised me. Psychologically, I didn’t earn a vacation yet. I only take days off to rest, physically and psychologically.
- co2benzoate 5y ago
  Why not both? There are many companies and countries where you can do just that. Work a 30 hour week with a month+ vacation a year.
agumonkey 5y ago
People at the office joke about the fact that when bad weather ruins their vacations, they come back happier to work.
- actually_a_dog 5y ago
  I hate to be "that guy," but I don't understand this joke. :/
  - strken 5y ago
    The joke is the premise that happiness is relative, so being less happy on a bad vacation makes you more happy when you return to work. This is an ironic subversion of the expectation that happiness will put us in a good mood and unhappiness will put us in a bad mood.
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    Ruined holidays is the only au they can appreciate coming to work

runawaybottle 5y ago

Lol. Thanks for making my day better. Edit: But to add to the comedy (all comedy is tragedy, and all tragedy is comedy according to the Greeks), that’s pretty much the reason why I don’t take vacations. It’s not going to change anything, so I much prefer to take days off so I don’t completely lose it. The sadness is hilarious.

kekebo 5y ago
They may not fundamentally change ones attitude towards a job, but when carefully planned and executed vacations may have the potential for creating some worthwhile times and memories
- runawaybottle 5y ago
  It depends on how your personal incentive structure is modeled. Behaviorally, everything for me is goal oriented. I reward myself when I accomplish something (hard), this is how my parents raised me. Psychologically, I didn’t earn a vacation yet. I only take days off to rest, physically and psychologically.
co2benzoate 5y ago
Why not both? There are many companies and countries where you can do just that. Work a 30 hour week with a month+ vacation a year.

agumonkey 5y ago

People at the office joke about the fact that when bad weather ruins their vacations, they come back happier to work.

actually_a_dog 5y ago
I hate to be "that guy," but I don't understand this joke. :/
- strken 5y ago
  The joke is the premise that happiness is relative, so being less happy on a bad vacation makes you more happy when you return to work. This is an ironic subversion of the expectation that happiness will put us in a good mood and unhappiness will put us in a bad mood.
- agumonkey 5y ago
  Ruined holidays is the only au they can appreciate coming to work