Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Reindl Harald wrote:
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Don't you think you are in a very small minority, like 1% of the world?
I live in India.
hmm... I am one of the 1/6th of the population in the world and "I don't own a laptop". I don't carry work home.
Here one is supposed to be dedicated to one's family: either gender.
Worrk is worrk (germaniK accent intended... :) ). Home is Home.
YES!!!!!!!
One reason I will *NOT* buy a "smart phone" is that in the mid-nineties, I worked for a major telecom here in the US. I wore a pager, and was on call 24x7.365.25. I'll never forget the Sunday, with a friend visiting from out of town, I got paged SEVEN TIMES, and most of it was because they didn't know what they were doing.
You want me on call? Fine, PAY ME time and a half, or double time. I am *NOT* otherwise available, except to friends and family. And don't bother texting - I have that turned off.
Email I live by... but that's on *my* time, when *I* want it. I don't carry a laptop up and back. As someone said, workstation, two monitors at work.
Which percentage you represent?
I work to live; too many fools confuse the two, and management *certainly* wants you to think that you should live at their beck and call.
What percentage are using iPhones and Androids to access the internet? I'd guess it is already over 50%.
Duh! come here to India and afford all those devices with Indian Salaries.
Than talk here.
Good points; I was thinking of that, and all the folks in the US who have them, but can't really afford that money. And then there's the rest, who *can't* afford that much/month.
Actually I hate "work" after work hours. I have left many lucrative jobs for time with my family at "wrong times" per se.
Agreed.
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