h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Work used to describe: A place, A series of mundane actions or events,
or A large rounded pan, which amazingly resembles, and serves well as
a replacement for, the landing gear of most P-65 flying saucers built
before the Inf. Imp. drive put them out of business.

"Work" can be done two ways.

First one must arise earlier then the body wishes to, grumble alot, and
travel, while still grumbling, to point B. Which is where "Work"
is located for that person. There one must grumble and do all sorts
of strange and mundane things, untill it is well past the time which
any sensible person would already have quit and gone home.
Finaly this person returns home (to point A) grumbling and there
continues the act of grumbling untill finaly the spouse either comits
suicide, murder, or simply leaves the room.

It is unknown why the bipedal species infesting the Earth perform
"Work" The nearest plausible reason would be the wide spread beleif
that the only way to stop "Working" is by working harder, some beleive
that this is some sort of compulsive disorder. A psycology team from
the galactic university say they are working on a cure.

Second, one takes a large curved hubcap, adds about a fourth cup of
vegetable oil, and heats it. Then add 2 cups of chopped meat, and
3 cups of chopped vegetables.

I think that the reason people work harder/longer so that in the future they wont have to is , that there is a finite amount of work to be done. Once that is complete the person can then enjoy other forms of self abuse, including bloody gardening.

Many people beleive that there is a finite amount of work to be done, and this is a leading theory to why they work so hard to complete this work. However in doing that work they create an awfull lot of papers, and tax forms must be created to tax the income received by doing the work, and people must be hired to do the paperwork and write the tax laws, and they must receive an income... Thus the Finite amount of work, represented by "W" increases in this maner:
W + W^2 + W^3 + W^5 + W^7 + W^11 + W^13 + .......
Thus the act of doing a finite amount of work creates more work, untill you have a whole lot of unhappy Grumbling people going from point A to point B, and Grumbling when they get there.
Leaving the question, why don't people just learn how to build their own businesses on the internet. Then they don't have to go anywhere to grumble alot. They can all stay home in their comfortable shoes, sitting unshaven in front of a computer, being paid to shop on the internet.