Lazy Ass Friend

So I have this friend that went to Winnipeg for two weeks to visit his family.  When asked why he was going, he stated there was nothing else to do.  He's been back to Winnipeg two times this year already which is really strange cause for a time, I think he never even went back to visit his family for years.  I think he's trying to make up for lost time and the guilt for never going home for xmas since he calls Toronto his home and goes there for xmas.  Anyways, this friend of mine has come up with a theory on the American System.  He thinks the less you work the more you'll get rewarded...and it's proven well for him.  He's been at two start up companies since moving here in 1999.  The first went bankrupt while this second one just got bought out by Cisco.  In his first company, he worked his ass off for the first few years and then started to slack (Boy I wonder why they went under..LOL).  Anyways, since he's been at this second company, all he does is come into work at 11 or 12, go to lunch, then work for a few hours, goes to the gym at around 6 or 7 and then goes home.  After doing all this, he gets a decent size raise and then the Company eventually got bought out by Cisco so now he has all this time on his hands (well over a month) while the transaction takes place and he's sitting on his ass praying for it to take an extra 30 days so that he won't have to work while being paid.  On top of all that, he gets all these payouts prior to starting at Cisco and then he gets additional payouts for stay a year and then two years.  Does he really have a point on the American System or is it because of people like him that everyone else gets jacked and is required to work tonnes of hours while not getting compensated for it?  Do you really get rewarded for being a slacker?  And can you really give yourself a raise by cutting your hours?  But how long will that raise last if your boss finds out and fires you? 

This entry -- and those appearing on Geeksploitation, Head Dump, Creative Freedom, Random Task and Stuff in My Head throughout today -- is for his intoxicated amusement.