April 20, 2009

Anecdote Monday: Soviet social contract

"They pretend to pay, and we pretend to work."

2 comments:

Amanda@Lady Scientist said...

I've heard that before, but in the context of grad school ;-)

ScienceGirl said...

That is exactly what this anecdote reminded me off :) To give you a better idea about what it felt like in the good old U.S.S.R., imagine if grad school wasn't just a temporary state. And they wonder why the work ethic went down hill!