The definition of lazy

What, another post? She's on a roll! And procrastinating from something else but that's another matter. It's just that in the last post I mentioned the word 'lazy' which started me on another train of thought.

The concept of 'lazy' is one that often surfaces when ascribing backwardness, one that is often volleyed between ethnic groups in Indonesia. I don't ascribe much meaning to it though, since it's a very subjective term compared to, say, 'stupid', 'cruel' or, even, 'devious'. Lazy-ness is when others not meeting your expectations or sense of timing (too slow, too long, not tidy enough). There would be a lot of people to whom I am 'lazy' and as many others to whom I'm super ambitious-lightning-speed person. The key to being on par with others' concept of being lazy is to actually understand their criteria. And that's hard if you've only just met them, or if their habits are completely unknown to you. I imagine there is a good body of literature and research already done in this area..

People in the south of Europe, the Meditteranean bunch, have been called lazy by their northern brothers, since they take long lunches and siestas. Well, now that global warming is in place, these same northern brothers can now feel what it's like to work in 40 C heat; try it without AC and see if they wouldn't implement national siesta regulation :-)

On a lighter note, here is a person from an ethnic group often accused of being lazy, and just look at those well-defined muscles....