Oh, I never thought it was personal. The person concerned pointed out that exactly the same situation would arise at their workplace if, for example, someone needed an ergonomic keyboard rather than a standard one. It's the incompetence and faffage in the large corporation that bothers me.
I think what "work" cares about depends on where you work and how competent your manager is. I think if you said to your average manager "so, how would you feel if all you could do was go to work?", most of them would be horrified. Of course, there are insane workaholic managers who spend every hour of the day at work, but that's another issue.
As hoopycat said to me on irc last night, the most interesting thing about the spoon theory is the idea that some people genuinely don't ever reach their energy limit. I do know a lot of people who have enough energy for everything they need or want to do on a regular basis, and simply can't deal with the need to "budget" it. When my partner Richard has a cold, he gets very depressed because he feels too tired and achy to do most things he wants to do, and I tell him that's like living in my body every day. Richard is a person with a large amount of natural empathy, and he spends a lot of time around me - but even then, it's only being ill himself that makes him realise what it's like to have a chronic fatigue condition.
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Date: 2007-08-30 04:36 pm (UTC)I think what "work" cares about depends on where you work and how competent your manager is. I think if you said to your average manager "so, how would you feel if all you could do was go to work?", most of them would be horrified. Of course, there are insane workaholic managers who spend every hour of the day at work, but that's another issue.
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