" U.S. ranked near and at the bottom in almost every heath indicator. That stunned us."

[Flatulo]

165. I know, I know. I was in that position for many years. In my last job, we were expected to

work 12 hours per day. As salaried employees, we of course weren't compensated in any way for the extra half year we'd put in. This place didn't even have a lunch room, they just had a little nook with a fridge, mocrowave and sink. Engineers were encouraged to eat at their desks in order to squeeze an extra half hour out of the staff. It was a white-collar sweatshop.

There was a sandwich shop down the street, and on those days when you didn't bring in a lunch, you'd run out and get a grinder and then wolf it down lest you go one minute over your oh-so-generous 30 minute break.

I used to get up and walk around the building for 20 minutes or so at lunch, and the managers would look at me like I was fucking stealing from them.

It's absolutely true that poor health in institutionalized in our culture. People are working themselves to death, and their employers don't give a fuck because you can be replaced in a few days. Don't like the hours? Fuck you, leave. Don't like the shifty wages and benefits? Fuck you, leave. Don't like your half-hour lunch break? Fuck you, leave. Don't like having to work for free and miss dinner with your family? Fuck you, leave.