40 hours... Really?

Does anyone else think that the whole American society has it all wrong? I'm betting the answer to that question is yes, but I'm not talking about the silly political agenda's of this country or it's views on stem cell research or same sex marriage. I'm talking about the American work week.

Honestly how many people out there actually work the full 40 hour week? I'm not saying you don't work hard but subtract the time you take reading blogs like this or surfing the web for a hot girl or sports score, and now what are we talking maybe 35 hours a week. Oh, thats too much you say, well thats 5 hours in five days and you don't think that the 5 minutes you spend surfing every 30 minutes adds up. Well it does. I'm just using my own life as an example. Now we have that 5 hours gone, lets account for all the extra long bathroom breaks. We all know it doesn't take 15 minutes to poop unless there's a blockage, but I sure as shit take 15 in the bathroom and read the news paper or what ever garbage is left in there. Anything to avoid sitting at the desk.

Ok, well now were down to around 33 hours so lets think this through. We can work a 9 - 5 for 5 days a week or we can just make every weekend a 3 day weekend. There is a catch tho we would actually have to work at work. Like all day work at work. BUT I for one love 3 days weekends so much in fact I spent most of my day today thinking about how to justify having a 3 day weekend every weekend. Well there goes those 8 hours....

-Eli