- LONDON (Reuters) - Stressed-out
Britons are set for a day of doing nothing as workers and managers alike
are being urged to relax and slack off on Friday.
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- Organizers of National Slacker Day are calling on people
to "stand up for your right to sit back down again" as a reminder
that life does not revolve around the office.
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- With British employees working the longest hours in Europe,
the campaign wants people to recognize the value of rest and relaxation.
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- "How can you possibly comprehend the value of your
own hectic endeavor if you don't occasionally put your feet up and experience
a state of complete calm," said actor and Slacker Day supporter Simon
Pegg, star of comedy series "Spaced."
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- Organizers are also promising on their Web Site www.slackerday.com
to contact blue-chip firms to urge them to set up a disciplinary framework
for staff who insist on working through the slackest day of the year.
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- Slacker Day is now in its third year and has been moved
from February to August, taking place just before a long bank holiday weekend.
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