Your Work Habits Explained

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Your Work Habits Explained

New Haven, Conn. (SatireWire.com) — Stick with us here for a moment while we explain your situation.

According to the latest jobless statistics, 6 percent of Americans are unemployed, meaning that 94 percent are employed, or at least not complaining. If we assume this 94 percent is at work, and if we apply the widely accepted 80/20 rule — i.e., that 20 percent of the cause is responsible for 80 percent of the effect — then 20 percent of the 143 million working Americans are responsible for 80 percent of the actual work that gets done.

In real terms, this means that about 29 million workers in the United States are doing almost everything, while 114 million people are, relatively, doing very little.

Now, if we look at output in terms of work units, we will see that each member of the 20 percent group is producing 4 work units (as 20 x 4 = 80), while each member of the 80 percent group is producing just one-fourth of a work unit (as 80 x .25 = 20). Translated: those 29 million Americans are working a staggering 1,600 percent harder — or better, or whatever term you believe applies — than the other 114 million Americans. So...

So, if they are, in fact, at work, but accomplishing only one-sixteenth as much, then what are those 114 million people doing with most of their time?

Reading things like this

[Raven]

LMAO!

[Guest Grayfox]

*shakes head*

nice Tac... very nice

[Guest Remo Williams]

LOL! You lost me after "Your work habits explained".

I guess it was just to much work for me.

[Kartoffel]

All too true...

[Jerrai]

thats alot like this one i got in an email

Subject: Why I am tired

For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep, too much pressure from my job, earwax buildup, poor blood, but now I found out the real reason:

We're tired because we're overworked. Here's why:

The population of this country is 273 million.

140 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school. This leaves 48 million to do the work?

Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 19 million to do the work.

2.8 million are in the armed forces. This leaves 16.2 million to do the work.

Take from that total the 14,800,000 people who work for state and city governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do all the work.

You and me

... And you're sitting on your ass, at your computer, reading jokes.

[Shadow_Wolf33]

lol *shakes head* AHHHHH!!! enough with all the math!! *runs into the bathroom, locks the door and starts cowering in a corner*

[Epsilon 5]

LOL!

Enigma .. I find those numbers... enigmatic (pun intended )

[Jerrai]

quote:

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Originally posted by Epsilon 5:

LOL!

Enigma .. I find those numbers... enigmatic (pun intended )

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leave my name alone! lol

its old i know that much, but someone resent it to me a week or so ago.

[Kartoffel]

There has to be more than two people doing all the work- what about the poeple on the BC team?

[Guest]

LOL!!

[Raven]

What is it they say about damn lies and statistics very funny though.