What the heck does this quote mean:

[chiwawa626]

"Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eye wash" - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1962

 

[bmacd]

not an effing clue.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Goosemaster]

First of all make sure you typed it correctly...gramitcal errors will result in answers such as

Originally posted by: bmacd
not an effing clue.

-=bmacd=-

From what you wrote, it seems as if he is comparing work with a stick.

 

[Jfur]

If boss smart, do actual work; if boss idiot make it look like actual work

 

[Magicthyse]

bwahahahaha!

 

[JC]

First of all make sure you typed it correctly...gramitcal errors.....

and I don't have a clue what that quote means.

JC

 

[XMan]

Solzhenitsyn is discussing the futility of day-to-day life in the gulag.

 

[Wallydraigle]

*Peter*: "I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side door, that way Lumburg can't see me. And, uh, after that I just sort of space out for about an hour."

*Bob*: "Uh uh, 'space out?'"

*Peter*: "Yeah I just stare at my desk... but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd say in a given week, I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work. "

 

[Moonbeam]

Every stick has two ends. Read a sh!tty end and a nice clean end as in the sh!tty end of the stick. So if I take the clean end I have to hand you the sh!tty end. If I want to give you the good end, I know who's going to get the sh!tty end. The smart boss will know about sticks and which end he wants. Eye wash is that without substance but pleasing to the eye. In this case fake product. That would be my guess. I might be wrong because it is obligatory on the conscious that they take the sh!tty end of every stick. That notion, although one might wish it see it here, doesn't seem to apply as best I can see.

 

[kherman]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
"Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eye wash" - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1962

Work only as hard as you have to, in order to keep your job.

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: kherman

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
"Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eye wash" - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1962

Work only as hard as you have to, in order to keep your job.

He should have put the quote in perspective - Denisovich is in prison.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Jfur
If boss smart, do actual work; if boss idiot make it look like actual work

This sounds the best to me, but I've not read the book.

ZV