Stu
Active member
Watching the TV the other night listening to a woman banging on about how people haven't got time to cook as we live life so fast. And it got me thinking...
At no time in our industrial history have we worked fewer hours for so much (relative) reward; wages, holidays, sick pay.
I can travel to the Highlands for a weekends ice climbing, a journey that in itself would have taken twice the time I spent climbing just to get there. Easyjey, RyanAir etc.
Leisure is one of the fastest growing industries in the world (evidenced from the above perhaps?).
How does this all add up to the claim we live in a fast paced world. Surely we've got more time on our hands? Isn't it just a tired old media strap line which some how is used to explain why families don't sit down to eat? There may be more to do but isn't it our decision on how our hours are spent. Sorry M'lud, can't control my yobbo kids... we live in a too fast world!
Rant over!!
At no time in our industrial history have we worked fewer hours for so much (relative) reward; wages, holidays, sick pay.
I can travel to the Highlands for a weekends ice climbing, a journey that in itself would have taken twice the time I spent climbing just to get there. Easyjey, RyanAir etc.
Leisure is one of the fastest growing industries in the world (evidenced from the above perhaps?).
How does this all add up to the claim we live in a fast paced world. Surely we've got more time on our hands? Isn't it just a tired old media strap line which some how is used to explain why families don't sit down to eat? There may be more to do but isn't it our decision on how our hours are spent. Sorry M'lud, can't control my yobbo kids... we live in a too fast world!
Rant over!!