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- From: lana@magenta.corp.sgi.com (Lana Mountford)
- Subject: Re: Is it just me....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.212557.10137@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- References: <1992Nov13.153229.22308@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:25:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.153229.22308@panix.com>, jis@panix.com (Jack Szwergold) writes:
- |> Is it just me, or is it harder to meet people nowadays (for men and women)
- |> Is this due to health risks (AIDS and the such)
- |> Is this due to lack of stability in the country as a whole? (I know this
- |> sounds fruity, but could a "mass-hysteria" like thing be considered a factor)
- |> Is this due to.... whatever....
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- I think a lot of it has to do with the economy (at least in my age
- group). "Job security" just doesn't exist anymore. In the past 5
- or so years, I've been working harder for more hours each day than
- ever before. A normal work day starts around 8:00am, and I might
- finally get out of the office by 8:30pm, if then. And if I decide
- I don't want to work those longer hours? There are plenty of folks
- looking for work who are just itching to replace me. Add to that
- a 1+-hour commute each way, and my day is pretty well shot. No
- time for dating during the week. What about on weekends? I
- occasionally have to work on Saturdays (at least once a month),
- and there usually isn't much warning. So, it's difficult to plan
- dates, other than perhaps Sunday afternoons (which I tend to leave
- open).
-
- I meet a lot of people at work (my company employs about 3500
- people), but we're all pretty much in the same boat -- too busy
- to *do* anything about it.
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