America is John Galt (part 3, scroll down)
VI where the money goes
During the course of the week, we watched money pissed away. They would buy too much food, send the drivers miles for simple errands, and otherwise mostly sit around and collect their precious per diem (money given to them on top of their salary when they are actually doing work.) We got late late starts every morning, ended up with 3-4 hour lunch breaks. It was a whole lot of sitting and then breaking for dinner.
It wasnt the villagers fault. They (motivated by the fact that they'd just been paid almost half of what they'd make in a month, plus hats and tee-shirts,) were ready to work, I thought. It was more than the money though, I think it was a sense of pride over being chosen.
(There is more to it than that but I am having a hard time analyzing now as my brain is very tired. Im walking away from the computer. I dont know if Ill have time to finish this by the time I leave for village. See how I feel after lunch I guess.)
During the course of the week, we watched money pissed away. They would buy too much food, send the drivers miles for simple errands, and otherwise mostly sit around and collect their precious per diem (money given to them on top of their salary when they are actually doing work.) We got late late starts every morning, ended up with 3-4 hour lunch breaks. It was a whole lot of sitting and then breaking for dinner.
It wasnt the villagers fault. They (motivated by the fact that they'd just been paid almost half of what they'd make in a month, plus hats and tee-shirts,) were ready to work, I thought. It was more than the money though, I think it was a sense of pride over being chosen.
(There is more to it than that but I am having a hard time analyzing now as my brain is very tired. Im walking away from the computer. I dont know if Ill have time to finish this by the time I leave for village. See how I feel after lunch I guess.)