January 1, 2006 at 12:00 am #14313
Paul-A
Participant
The environment does have an influence on people’s ability to do strenuous manual labor. There is such a thing as enervation; one year, I grilled burgers in September in the San Fernando Valley in 105 degree temperatures. By 3pm, I felt parched and exhausted. People in hotter climates definitely have to pace themselves, so they appear to be working more slowly, but their work ethic is the same. On the other hand, people are the same the world over: they want to make the money to get what they need to conduct their lives, and are willing to do work hard to achieve their goals. One doesn’t have to be German or Japanese(both really cold countries in the winter)to do this.