What is French for “lazy day?” Jour de flemmardise.
Apparently, the French have had a lot of them since the pandemic. A new study shows that the French are loath to come out of their homes and get back to work and a mere 21% say that work is important to them, compared to 60% in 1990. This comes from the French Institute of Public Opinion.
The study says that Covid lockdowns caused an “exhaustion and laziness epidemic.” In France, the government covered between 70-100% of wages for workers on furloughs and workers are not super motivated to give that up.
Does this make them lazy? That seems like a loaded word. A member of parliament recently said that the French deserve a “right to idleness.” Don’t we all?
