Reply #13: Perhaps, perhaps not, [View All]

[MadHound]

Can't really tell, but even if it is office workers, ie white collar, does that somehow make it more horrendous. Factory workers out on the floor in the US are on their feet eight hour shifts, but we're supposed to suddenly feel concern when it's white collar workers who are standing.

Look, whether white collar or blue collar, the fact remains that this sucks for anybody, and this sort of draconian treatment is a direct result of Japan's importation of US management styles back during the post-war occupation. Hell, it's not even that far away from what goes on in most US factories and businesses. But somehow we're supposed to hate the Japanese for doing this while ignoring the source of where these practices came from? I don't think so.