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Old 05-30-2007, 09:59 PM   #1
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Despite summer's reputation for being a time of travel and leisure, many U.S. workers are not using all their vacation time and are too tired to plan a getaway, according to a new Yahoo! HotJobs survey.

Nearly half of the respondents (49%) said they feel "burned out" by their jobs, and many did not fully use vacation time as a remedy. Out of 1,800 professionals surveyed, 45% said they did not use all of their vacation days allotted in 2006, and 39% said they were too tired to take a "real" vacation during their days off.

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Old 05-30-2007, 11:29 PM   #2
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I use a little more than my share of vacation days. Florida a week or two ago, Cancun in a little over a week and then a 3 day fishing trip when I get back. The Florida vacation was the first time that I went on vacation without using a computer (a milestone). I don't think that my wife will let me bring my laptop to Cancun. My fishing buddies will toss my butt overboard if they catch me on a phone let alone a laptop.
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Old 05-30-2007, 11:32 PM   #3
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Typical of the inhabitants of the fattest and laziest country in the world to say they're too tired to go on vacation.....what a crock!!!
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a line I live by, and teach my son "get busy living, or get busy dying"
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How hard can it be to plan sitting on your butt all day? Talk about lazy. I think it has more to do with the bosses hiring 4 people for a 6 person job and then after you come back from your vacation there is such a backlog it takes 10 months to catch up. Business as usual.
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I know i'll be taking a week off in a about month and i certainly won't be sitting on my ass at home,i'm heading to virginia beach to spend some time with my daughter and grand son,have a little fun.Jetskis in the ocean,oh yea
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I take 1 week at the end of August. Go down to Misquamicut, RI and then I sit on my butt and do nothing. Relaxing. Sometimes take a bike ride with my camera and take pictures of the view.
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