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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Our company forced us all to take vacation in July...a whole lot of vacation. 40hrs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Americans get vacations now?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I don't know why they won't suck it up and go into debt for a week of vacation like the rest of us responsible adults.

In reality, we'd rather just use our paid time off to relax, and vacations are hardly ever relaxing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You can thank the republicans, corporate democrats and first-past-the-post for that.

Edit:fixed word

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Despite negative perceptions on the state of the economy, inflation is now much lower than its June 2022 peak of 9.1 percent.

The writers are irresponsible here. They are implying that the public is unaware of inflation, that this is a perception problem. But the reality is, nobody cares about inflation. We care about the cost of living, and we know exactly how that impacts us when we look at our credit cards and bank accounts.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Shit, I have 3 or 4 holidays every year and it still feels like I'm always working. How the hell do you cope without a single holiday??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Masochism and addiction

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Practice escapism, touch grass, focus on the small things, take time to treat yourself, etc.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can have drugs on holiday ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You can have drugs all the time

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Join the club america

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

I haven't had a summer vacation since school lmao

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

No longer? I’m almost 60 and have never been able to afford a vacation.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No longer? Im in my early 30s and have never been able to take a vacation since I've been on my own/with my wife. Between bills and rising prices, and my job combining pto and sick time, i dont have time or money to do anything more than a day trip to someplace not that far away.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm in my late 30's in the NYC area. What my wife and I consider a "vacation" is going to Philly and staying in a hotel with a pool, and just putzing around a different city for the weekend.

The idea of taking a week+ off from work and flying somewhere is a foreign concept to me.

There have been a couple of times that we have gone to states far away to stay with family/friends, but it's usually for like a long weekend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Society is overall in denial about our relationship with corpo komissars

Vast majority of People got no time or money for anything. But we can all pretend that clowns on social media and YouTube living their best lives is normal lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

I make more than the average by quite a bit and have unlimited time off, my wife works PT to get out of the house and gets paid well also with basically unlimited unpaid time off (there’s the catch). Even we aren’t taking a normal vacation for us this year (flying to see family or exotic getaway), instead staying within the state and doing cheaper things like camping.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Yep. Had to cancel ours. Made just enough money to cover some emergencies, nothing left for fun.

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