fuck the American Dream....

This is the 1st post under the topic "USA vs Canada". What
that will entail will be observations on our differences.

The biggest and most annoying so far is that they say "zee" while
we say "zed".  I defer to the Queen's English in this case.

Ok, so Americans work a fucking lot!  Every person I've met, in
and outside of the hospital, work like mad dogs.  Their work ethic
is mindboggling.  I suppose this is why the 20th century was the
American Century.  THis is why we have cars, personal
computers, and the atomic bomb.  They work and work in
pursuit of that American Dream.  My work week is theoretically
40 hrs, of course I end up working more.  In Canada, the same job
would be 37.5 hrs.  Not a big difference, but really it is the little
things at the end of the day.

Canadians...we are so laid back in comparison.  We're the old
hippies of North America.   Hawaiians of the North.   Really.
I notice it all the time.  You think people are in a hurry and work
hard in Toronto?  Phew!  You ain't seen nothing, baby.  It's
almost pathological down here.  No wonder Americans are
high-strung, on anti-depressants, and end up shooting each
other.  They've pushed themselves to the edge.   Their minds
are on fire with fear, work, and ego.   Working here
you begin to fall into the same patterns as them.  Everyone
else is working hard, so I must too.  

If not for a thousand other reasons, then this alone makes
me want to come home.   I don't want to work THAT hard.
I'm not THAT ambitous.  I want my little corner where I
can work and be done.  I don't need the fancy house, car, or
entertainment center....ok, maybe the enterainment center.

Fuck the American Dream and hand me a bowl ....