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...dark side of corporate efficiency and cost savings is the consumers' stress, frustration, anger and wasted time spent attempting to resolve a problem. The interminable wait for a phone representative, the incomprehensible English from India or the Philippines and an unsatisfactory conclusion are all beyond endurance. Bernard Sussman, Longboat Key, Florida...
Eastern Europeans have long thought that just sitting in naturally occurring salt caves could relieve allergies, asthma, eczema, hypertension, ulcers and stress. Recently, they've built simulated caves in the U.S. The Chicago area, because of its large Polish population, is the epicenter of the trend. Several spas in other parts of the country have installed salt breathing rooms. And the Florida-based Silesia Group builds salt rooms for private homes and sells portable salt caves for the backyard. "The atmosphere helps regulate your breathing, gets the stress out," says Madzia Stoklosa, whose Megi's Spa Salt Cave in Park...
...group of mostly young and attractive actors to play the roles of the other survivors, whom I was determined to lead on a polar bear hunt. GroundTruth was even nice enough to humor my daydream by writing me into the script as a ferry survivor who suffered post-traumatic stress and confused the plot of Lost with his own disaster experience - a role to which I was ultimately unable to rise, because I am a lousy actor...
This institutionalized inequality doesn't only harm low achievers. The system emphasizes academic attainment over social development. British children start school earlier and sit more exams than other Europeans. Many of them complain of stress. "Britain is a very individualistic culture, in which a huge emphasis is placed on personal success and less on good fellowship," says Layard. "We've made a virtue of competition, which means other people are a threat, not a support." Emily Benn says the drive for good results can let down pupils who find the work too difficult: "When you're in a competitive environment...
...shambles. It’s hard to get to the games for Harvard’s sports teams or to student arts performances during interminable stretches of midterms and reading period. But it’s also really hard to live on a campus where mental health and stress issues are endemic and the closest approximation we have for school-wide community are late-night crowds at Lamont...