The Weekly Gripe

Working 9 to 5 and the rat race

Nine to five and traffic jams

Tired of the rat race?

Me too! I need more time out to do things that I would rather do, like spending time with friends and family, recreation and maybe a few new sporting activities. You work hard all day, for what? To make someone else richer!



Coming into work this morning I got stuck in a traffic jam, yet again! I am beginning to get seriously fed up with this nine to five rat race. Maybe I should just give up work and go on the dole.

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16-7-2007I hate jams so much I changed jobs and now cycle to work (20 mins) which is much better. I used to work in london and had to drive in at 4.00 am and sleep in my car until 8.45 which ment no traffic jam to sit in.Den
06-7-2006been sat here since last monday or so it seems..a great way to meet new friendskasey jones
28-6-2006Sack your job off and become an artist..its a fxxxng doddle. You can easily make your salary and you don't have to bother with daily 'how do you do's' or miserable biscuit faced fxxxng collegues pretending that they like you! Buy some paint some canvases pack a tent and fxxk off to ...moreVan fxxxing g..off
15-4-2006I hate traffic jams too! Unfortunately I have to travel on the M25 a lot, at least 2-3 days a week, sometimes every day. Stressed is NOT the word!! I found a website: ihatetheM25(.co.uk) which is great cos you can rant and let off steam, heh heh. AND you get a fab email address too.queenbitch
07-2-2006I totally agree with the original gripe. I get up at 6am , leave at 7.30 to get to work for 9am - a usual 45 min journey at rush hour takes 1 hr 30 mins. But I like my job very much so I gotta put up with it . My other half has to start work at 8 am - takes a hour to get to work , his company ...moreLimedog
30-12-2005Being an electrician I have to drive to work and around at work to do my job and everyday get stuck in jams with suited persons alone in thier cars,These people do not need to drive they only have to take paper from home to an office and could easily do this on public transport. However as these peo...moreKev
28-12-2005hmm yeah lets open all the shops 24hrs a day - just as long as we dont have to work in them. how do you all think you were able to shop right up until the last minute on christmas eve and then first thing on boxing day? Also RP lazy assistants I think not we start at 6am where I work an work till 8p...moremark
20-12-2005I agree with everything this articles says. The working culture of this country is completely out of date. In fact, workers in Great Britain work the longest hours in Europe. Why on earth do we work an average but arbitary forty hours a week? During the industrial revolution, many philosophers b...moreJohn
09-12-2005Actually Bill, it is called . . .ahem. . .lazyness. Lots of people get up before dawn because they care about what they do. Those who don't, have no care in the world, they bash their brains to the point of. . .well. . . hysteria. They cannot ever conceive the idea that some of us get up early b...moreRP
09-12-2005Rollocks RP,Get real folks, No point in shops opening any time before or after 9, as most people are too lazy to shop before or after then. Rollocks RP, On the continent 24 hour shopping work, and works well. It's just the UK shopping Laws that's to blame.You can buy anything you want,...morebill
08-12-2005Or rather the 'WON'T get up sindrome' Never mind, at least they can have a nice little lazy lie in while everyone else is doing their bit for society!!!!! Some of us have 'pride' and work towards it. At least we can die happy in the knowledge we have done something usefull. Heheh...moreRP
08-12-2005Get real folks, No point in shops opening any time before or after 9, as most people are too lazy to shop before or after then. Some do of course. I had the misfortune of going to a shopping center in the north of England, only to find I had to wait two hours. . . YES TWO HOURS while the lazy assist...moreRP



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