Smokin said:
OK, last post on this---I never said the USA is best at everything, I'm simply saying that we're the equal. And yes, I get offended easily when I know my parents worked all their lives as blue-collar workers and for someone who doesn't know me from Adam's house cat, but still tells me my parents weren't up to snuff......well, you do the math.
I never picked out your parents individually. The fact that you would even get offended by the notion that average Japanese workers' work ethics and dedications exceed those of average American workers really goes to show how little you know about it. How many Americans do you know of that would work +20 non-paying overtime hours each week, weeks after weeks, months after months, years after years, without complaning and actually take pride in their devotions to their companies? That's a standard norm in Japan (as well as a few other Asian countries). That's how the workers are expected to be and how they expect of themselves. And that's just one example It really isn't a stretch to say they're expected to literally devote their lives and souls to work before familes and whatnot. I'm not saying Japanese are better than Americans. I'm saying there's simply a cultural difference. Companies employ more stringent policies and have less tolerance for errors and mistakes and don't hesitate to hand out penaliztions when mistakes are made. It doesn't happen in USA because you would have unions filing grievances and law-suits all day long and say hey the workers are leaving at 5PM and not staying for an extra hour without being compensated - and there's nothing wrong with that. Like I said, it's simply a cultural difference.
Can't we all just get along? And isn't this a thread highjack? 
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