[Skybird]

That must be a quality droid made in Germany.

I disagree on this being "typical German", although German craftsman in Spaion have a reputation to be crazy enough to continue working in the heat at noon - when every sane person and locals would do siesta indeed until the peak of heat is over. I assume chances are that the person you describe simply is like that by his individual character's attributes. Maybe he likes it. As psychologist I even worked for free, and a lot, becasue I liked it (and could afford it). On the other hand those payed jobs during university time that I just did for money, and had no further interest in, I used to do according to regulations only, and not much more, if they were boring, or the conditions were bad.

Maybe he also is driven by the fears many people in Germany have fallen victim due over the past years, becasue we have had and still have a lot of changes in the social standards and policies over here, turning anything less than maximum performance and becoming ill into an existence-threatening affair. the social paradise foreigners suspect Germany still to be, is in open desintegration, and a lot of freedoms and luxuries already have been destroyed. "Existenzangst" is topping all polls over regharding what is on people's minds. Poverty and social falldown is spreading drastically. With the pension system desintegrating and the health insurance system alraedy having collapsed (people just don't want to realise it and politicians try to hide it), the future perspective for german society definitely in no way looks as rosy as it was predicted back in the 80s. In 20 years, when today's ypoung will find out that they cannot feed their families anymore , we will have social clashes and riots on the streets again - take me by my word.