Argentine Work Ethic

Even well educated Argentineans are just plain lazy. LAZY. Lazy, slothful, torporous, and did I mention just plain lazy? Yeah, poverty, lack of opportunity, vicious socioeconomic cycle. Blah blah blah. I get that. But I just came from Guatemala, which has far fewer resources and far less economic opportunity, and the people aren't nearly as lazy.

So, to summarize, the operative word that explains the prevalence of prostitution in Argentina, and why these chicas can't seem to get ahead, is [B]lazy[/B].

[QUOTE=BigBossMan;444939]Amazing to me that many of the guys have chosen to spend a large part of their lives in BA have some of the most negative views of the place. [/QUOTE]It may be amazing, but our conclusion may also be a bit more valid. There are many positive aspects to BA (although many of those positive aspects have been imported from Paraguay), and many negative aspects. One of the negative aspects that tends to stand out more than other negative aspects, after spending a total of seven years here, is how lazy argentineans are. This has far-reaching ramifications and impacts the quality of all domestic goods and services. Not saying there are no good products or services here; I am just saying that many products and services would be better if it were not for the laziness that permeates the distribution chain. Just in going about my daily business today, I counted no less than five noticeable incidents of laziness of various kinds.

[QUOTE=Dickhead;444950]It may be amazing, but our conclusion may also be a bit more valid. There are many positive aspects to BA (although many of those positive aspects have been imported from Paraguay), and many negative aspects. One of the negative aspects that tends to stand out more than other negative aspects, after spending a total of seven years here, is how lazy argentineans are. This has far-reaching ramifications and impacts the quality of all domestic goods and services. Not saying there are no good products or services here; I am just saying that many products and services would be better if it were not for the laziness that permeates the distribution chain. Just in going about my daily business today, I counted no less than five noticeable incidents of laziness of various kinds.[/QUOTE]That's a positive view. I think there is more than laziness. And it's possibly the socialist-peronism-comunist view.

Tomorrow banks are not available, they are asking for more money. But, They have the money!

[QUOTE=Dickhead;444938]Even well educated Argentineans are just plain lazy. Ell Ay Zee Why LAZY. Lazy, slothful, torporous, and did I mention just plain lazy? Yeah, poverty, lack of opportunity, vicious socioeconomic cycle. Blah blah blah. I get that. But I just came from Guatemala, which has far fewer resources and far less economic opportunity, and the people aren't nearly as lazy.

So, to summarize, the operative word that explains the prevalence of prostitution in Argentina, and why these chicas can't seem to get ahead, is [B]lazy[/B].[/QUOTE]I have two friends who worked for Proctor and Gamble. One is American and one is Mexican. They both speak, read, and write fluent Spanish. Because of their language skills. Both spent almost of their entire careers working in Latin America. P&G has large Latin facilities in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Both managed all three of the P&G facilities, and both say that P&G never hired an Argentine manager. Both also say that the Argentine worker was the laziest in all of Latin America. They further say that the Argentine facility had the lowest profitability of ANY P&G facility in the world.

Tres3.

I was going to take back 3% of what I said about argies being lazy, because the [I]gasista[/I] who is working in my apartment is a very hard working dude, shows up when he says he will, and so forth.

Then I found out he is uruguayo.

[QUOTE=Dickhead;444974]I was going to take back 3% of what I said about argies being lazy, because the [I]gasista[/I] who is working in my apartment is a very hard working dude, shows up when he says he will, and so forth.

Then I found out he is uruguayo.[/QUOTE]The current biggest scam happening in BsAs is for gasistas to come to your house, find literally ANY excuse to shut your gas off, then charge out the ass to get it turned back on. I know your landlord would be paying it, but they have no need to move quickly and it usually takes between 6-8 weeks to get the gas back on.

Thanks for the warning. The gasista is gone and has no reason to come back, so if he does I will not let him in.