I know this retard who's almost 40 and brags constantly about how hard he works. He's a fucking assistant manager at Monro Brakes, lives in an incredibly shitty apartment, has no credit, is in assloads of debt, but the fact that he works a lot somehow makes up for that and means he's not a fucking idiot.

. But, I am jealous of people who have a good work routine or people who aren't NEET.

I can't believe I'm the only one who voted Yes (1 vs 17 NOes). If work was the only thing going in the hard worker's life and he was a failure at everything else would they also vote No?

Depends. Are they happy? Is the routine killing them inside? A typical routine would kill me slowly, I need unpredictability in my life to thrive.

I think people interpreted the question in a weird way. It seems that way to me anyway.

Well, that is generally what I mean't by 'good' work routine. For example, I wouldn't envy someone who has a shit job and a broken spirit but at the end of the day, they are getting up early and out of the house everyday and they are earning money. Thats the part I envy.

Im not sure I'm following what you mean. Are you saying that in your opinion any work routine is a bad thing?

Yes, I would still vote no. In the example you gave, I can imagine many scenarios where there would be nothing commendable about the hard worker's actions. What sort of work is he doing? Why does he work so hard at it? Why is he a failure at everything else and what exactly is it that he failed at? If his life is as bad as you say and all his hard work is going toward some insignificant, menial job, then I see nothing positive about that. Or for another possibility, maybe he works so hard because he's greedy and only cares about making money, even if it's at the expense of others; and the rest of his life is so bad because he neglects all aspects of it except for the parts that will help him make money. Is a person like that to be held in high esteem? It's also possible that, despite having a bad life, he works hard towards a good cause. I think a person like that is very respectable, but it's not his work ethic that makes him so; it's his dedication to whatever the good cause is that he works so hard towards. It's certainly true that a good work ethic can be a valuable trait to have, but that's not really what the original post is asking. The point is that a good work ethic in itself says nothing about someone's character.