i have often been called a slacker.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A slacker is a person who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic. According to different sources, the term \"slacker\" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. It gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as \"slacking\". In the United States during World War I, the word \"slacker\" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, especially someone who avoided military service, an equivalent of the later term \"draft dodger\". Attempts to track down such evaders were called \"slacker raids\". During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries \"to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft\" had been managed properly. A \"San Francisco Chronicle\" headline on 7 September 1918, read: \"Slacker is Doused in Barrel of Paint\". The term was also used during the World War II period in the United States. In 1940, \"Time\" quoted the U.S. Army on managing the military draft efficiently: \"War is not going to wait while every slacker resorts to endless appeals.\"\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "One thing I've never been called is a slacker. You know what I mean: someone who regularly avoids work or has no work ethic."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What makes people call you that?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No, I have never been called a slacker. I have a very strong work ethic and believe that hard work is good for you - strengthens your character!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I apologize! I mis-read that. What are some examples of your work ethic?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, I strive to produce high-quality work on a regular basis and believe in helping colleagues out wherever possible. Some of them, however, are unfortunately slackers!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I try to reflect that in my work. There are some slackers that work with me, though"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They really annoy me, but they've been around a long time. The term dates back to the 16th/17th centuries."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, I never knew the term dates back that far. I guess it relates to the phrase \"picking up the slack\" when you have to cover for another person's laziness"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That makes sense. Back in World War 1 a person who avoided military service was known as a slacker. Bet they were popular!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I bet they probably had to lay low to avoid people that were unhappy with their decision"}]