[Chris]

I work in an office and would be considered by nearly all a very productive person in society. My personal opinion of my job is that I could be replaced by a really good website and an ATM. Mostly, I sit in front of a computer in a cozy office and truly, I feel lazy. What great service am I doing for society? None. Am I really producing anything? No. Most people where I live work in an office. There’s a lot of yakking and web-surfing. In warm regions, more work is manual labor for little reward. It’s only right they rest a bit during the day!

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Name : Chris, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Secular Humanist, Age : 32, City : rockland, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : Clerk, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[adrienn]

there is truth to that. back in the day when survival was a day to day issue people in warmer countries did not have to work as hard to survive as people in colder countries. thus over the years the nordic people have become more productive.

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Name : adrienn, Gender : F, Age : 26, City : NYC, State : NY, Country : United States, 

[Mandy Young]

Yes, it is too too hot and humid to concentrate on work. The people sweat a lot and so it is not a good condition to work in.

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Name : Mandy Young, Race : Asian, City : Penang, State : NA, Country : Malaysia, 

[riq]

i have live in texas my whole life so i can’t directly compare my envionment to the folk up north. however i have heard that the southwestern part of the US is so hot at certain times of the year that outside work is dangerous and also before the invention of air conditioning that inside job were miserable too. People in the soutwestern US are stero-typed because of the pracetice on ‘siesta’ or taking a nap during the hottest part of the day when work is difficult thus the ‘lazy’ label

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Name : riq, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Taoist, Age : 55, City : hill, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : telcom worker, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[N25731]

I don’t know if it’s true, but one reason I suspect it might be is that if you live in a colder country and you’re doing outdoor work in the winter you have to work really hard just to stay warm. I know this from experience.

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Name : N25731, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 19, City : PG, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class, 

[M24262]

Sure, probably. Because it’s *hot*. You ever try to work a 12 hour day in 90-degree heat?

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Name : M24262, City : Denver, State : CO, Country : United States, 

[Paul-A]

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.

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Name : Paul-A, City : Long Beach, State : CA, Country : United Kingdom, 

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