@thirdworldtaxi wrote:
You'd be surprised what having a little fun can do for the moral of a bunch of working class guys stuck together for 8-12 hours a day in hot/cold/dangerous/unpleasant conditions. I used to be the foreman of a construction crew that ranged in size from 8-25 guys. I guarantee that if you clamp-down and make sure that every minute of every day every employee is hard at work, you will get far less done. If you let the employees be themselves a little, and not feel so commodified, they will get more done and the day is much more pleasant.
People like to do the right thing when given the choice to do so. When you force them, not so much.